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Birch Farm Station Road Mouldsworth Chester Cheshire CH3 8AW

15/01793/COUChange of UsePermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Change of use from an agricultural building to B8 storage use (to enable storage of caravans) - Retrospective

Received
1 May 2015
Decided
24 June 2015 · Approval
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gowy
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Chester85% of amendment applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an application to amend a permission at Birch Farm Station Road Mouldsworth Chester Cheshire CH3 8AW. Chester has handled 930 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,111 applications in total for the CH3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
15/01793/COU
Address
Birch Farm Station Road Mouldsworth Chester Cheshire CH3 8AW
Postcode
CH3 8AW
Local Authority
Chester
Application Type
Change of Use
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Approved
Ward
Gowy
Parish
Mouldsworth

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Mr Andy Foster 29 Lower Bridge Street Chester Cheshire CH1 1RS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
1 May 2015
Consultation Expiry
17 June 2015
Date Decided
24 June 2015
Date Submitted
1 May 2015
Neighbour Consultation End
17 June 2015

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval
Decided By
Delegated Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04144812
Documents
6
Coordinates
53.236797, -2.732849
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Chester

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

  • Green belt: Cheshire West and Chester
  • 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 (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.

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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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