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Pitt Farm Swettenham Road, Swettenham, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 2JY

26/0290/CLEUDCertificate of Lawful Use / Development - ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful development for existing use of enclosed area east of the dwelling as a garden since 2010, with a brick wall, brick-built double garage, timber deck and a patio area constructed at the same time. This followed by a log cabin and covered timber pergola in 2014, all on a concrete base for use as part of the dwelling known as Pitt Farm.

Received
26 January 2026
Ward
Brereton Rural
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Pitt Farm Swettenham Road, Swettenham, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 2JY. Cheshire East has handled 605 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Brereton Rural. We hold 2,687 applications in total for the CW12 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
CW12 2JY
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use / Development - Existing
Parish
Swettenham

Planning application dates

Validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Consultation end
19 February 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • World Heritage Site buffer zone: Jodrell Bank Observatory

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Jan

    Demolition and relocation of existing outbuildings, erection of part two-storey, part single-storey extension…

    PendingHouseholderFiled alongside26/0289/HOUS
  2. 2026
    26 Jan

    Certificate of lawful development for existing use of enclosed area east of the dwelling as a garden since…

    This applicationPendingAmendment26/0290/CLEUD

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