First Floor, 5 - 7a Mill Street, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 1AB
Proposal
Prior approval for the change of use of the first floor offices above 5 Mill Street, Congleton, CW12 1AB from office use (Class E) to residential use (Class C3) under Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order. The conversion will create a self-contained one bedroom studio flat, including a living room with kitchenette, a separate bedroom, and an en-suite shower room. The existing office space extends above both 5 and 7 Mill Street; therefore, a new internal non-load-bearing partition will be constructed to separate and block off the area above 7 Mill Street, ensuring that the residential dwelling remains entirely above 5 Mill Street. No external alterations are proposed. Access to the unit will be via the existing side entrance.
- Received
- 10 December 2025
- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Ward
- Congleton West
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- ReceivedSubmitted10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is an application to amend a permission at First Floor, 5 - 7a Mill Street, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 1AB. Cheshire East has handled 606 applications of this type and approves 82% of them, typically deciding them in 49 days. It was submitted on 10 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Congleton West. We hold 2,661 applications in total for the CW12 postcode area.
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- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Brownfield land register: 8 - 10 Mill Street, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 1ABRegister site at or near this address
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The site is in flood zone 2 (Environment Agency).
- 7.6 miMacclesfieldRTPI
- 16.5 miAltrinchamRTPI
- 17.4 miAltrinchamRTPI
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