Houndings Lane Farm, Houndings Lane, Sandbach, CW11 4HJ

26/1325/PRIOR-16Prior Approval: Electronic Communications DevelopmentAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior notification for NTQ proposed telecommunications installation. Proposed 25m high FLI ATS1300 lattice tower on new 5.6x5.6x1.2m deep concrete base with 6No. Antennas at 30°/200°/300° & proposed 4No Ø600 dishes. RRUs and BOBs to be fixed to support poles below antennas and associated ancillary works.

Received: 9 April 2026
Council: Cheshire East Council
Ward: Sandbach Heath and East

ReceivedReceived9 Apr
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation6 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Houndings Lane Farm, Houndings Lane, Sandbach, CW11 4HJ. Cheshire East has handled 1,224 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 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 21 applications across Sandbach Heath and East. We hold 1,984 applications in total for the CW11 postcode area.

79% of outline 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: CW11 4HJ
Application type: Prior Approval: Electronic Communications Development
Parish: Sandbach

Planning application dates

Validated: 9 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 6 May 2026
Consultation end: 6 May 2026

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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

Source: Cheshire East

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