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PARK FARM Ditchfield Lane, High Legh, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0QN

26/2387/PRIOR-3RPrior Approval: Change of use - agriculture to flexible commercial useAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for proposed change of use of an agricultural building/barn at Park Farm to workspaces under the provisions of Class E (commercial, business or service). The barn, is part of a complex of buildings (a Farmhouse, agricultural barns and storage buildings) at Park Farm. Park Farm forms part of the High Legh Estate, and sits centrally within a distinct 200 acre organic farm block. The building comprises 378 sq.m of floor space which is proposed for conversion to flexible use workspace for let with an aspiration to attract ecological and health related businesses. A car park area for users (of equal size as the building footprint as required under the Class R legislation) would be provided to an existing hard standing area to the west of the building.

Received
26 June 2026
Ward
High Legh
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at PARK FARM Ditchfield Lane, High Legh, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 0QN. Cheshire East has handled 605 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 June 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 44 applications across High Legh. We hold 1,056 applications in total for the WA16 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
WA16 0QN
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use - agriculture to flexible commercial use
Parish
High Legh

Planning application dates

Validated
26 June 2026
Consultation expiry
29 July 2026
Consultation end
29 July 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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