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The Limes Hotel 12 Hoole Road Chester Cheshire CH2 3NJ

14/03371/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 November 2014

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from hotel (Use Class C1) to provide supported living services (8 bedrooms) to adults with mental health and housing needs (Use Class C2).

Received
4 August 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hoole
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Limes Hotel 12 Hoole Road Chester Cheshire CH2 3NJ. Chester has handled 932 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,157 applications in total for the CH2 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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

Postcode
CH2 3NJ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2014
Consultation expiry
11 September 2014
Consultation end
11 September 2014
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2014
Committee meeting
4 November 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Gables Duddon Common Tarporley Cheshire CW6 0HG

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low 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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© 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.

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