Farmgate Cottage Farm Lane, Lower Withington, Macclesfield, Cheshire East, SK11 9DU
Proposal
The creation of a front dormer (to match the other dormer at the front of the house) and create a new master bedroom suite and also introduce a rear facing cottage window to match the first floor window arrangements at the rear of the property.
- Received
- 5 April 2026
- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Ward
- Gawsworth
- ReceivedReceived5 Apr
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Farmgate Cottage Farm Lane, Lower Withington, Macclesfield, Cheshire East, SK11 9DU. Cheshire East has handled 8,314 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 April 2026 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 57 applications across Gawsworth. We hold 2,345 applications in total for the SK11 postcode area.
86% of full 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
- SK11 9DU
- Application type
- Householder
- Parish
- Lower Withington
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 5 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 May 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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, 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.
Source: Cheshire East
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