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Scotswood Nurseries, Nursery Swanscoe Lane, Higher Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire East, SK10 5SZ

24/2857MPrior Approval: Change of use - All OtherRefused
Prior approval

Refused

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from agricultural to flexible business use.

Received
7 August 2024
Ward
Bollington
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Scotswood Nurseries, Nursery Swanscoe Lane, Higher Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire East, SK10 5SZ. Cheshire East has handled 605 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 August 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Bollington. We hold 1,232 applications in total for the SK10 postcode area.

80% of amendment applications at Cheshire East Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SK10 5SZ
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use - All Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Higher Hurdsfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2024
Consultation expiry
25 September 2024
Consultation end
25 September 2024

Planning decision

Decision
Refused
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Cheshire East
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cheshire East

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