The Firs School 45 Newton Lane Chester CH2 2HJ
Refused on 25 February 2021
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of new classroom block, multi use games area and removal of existing mobile classrooms
- Received
- 16 December 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Newton and Hoole
- ReceivedReceived16 Dec
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 71 days
About this application
This is a planning application at The Firs School 45 Newton Lane Chester CH2 2HJ. Chester has handled 11,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Newton and Hoole. We hold 1,157 applications in total for the CH2 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CH2 2HJ
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 February 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 348 Telegraph Road Heswall CH60 6RW
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 21/00050/REF
- Appeal status
- Decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09338539
- Documents
- 34
Site constraints
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.
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