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Entrance 4 Stanlow Refinery Oil Sites Road Ellesmere Port Cheshire

12/04011/HAZHazardous Substance ApplicationApproved

Approved on 6 December 2012

Council decision: ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Storage of 4 tonnes of a substance classified as very toxic to the aquatic environment, bringing the total to 15,450.

Received
5 September 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Elton
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Entrance 4 Stanlow Refinery Oil Sites Road Ellesmere Port Cheshire. Chester has handled 696 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

93% of all applications at Cheshire West and Chester Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Hazardous Substance Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
5 September 2012
Consultation expiry
22 October 2012
Consultation end
22 October 2012

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    5 Sep

    Storage of 4 tonnes of a substance classified as very toxic to the aquatic environment, bringing the total to…

    This applicationApprovedOther12/04011/HAZ
  2. 2012
    5 Sep

    Storage of 60 tonnes of material classified as dangerous to the environment, bringing the total to 463,828…

    ApprovedHazardous Substance ApplicationFiled alongside12/04013/HAZ

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