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Birches Crematorium and Remembrance Park Birches Lane Lach Dennis Northwich CW9 7SU

21/02523/S73ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 December 2021

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed crematorium, associated car park, access road and gardens of remembrance (variation of hours of operation condition on appeal decision APP/A0665/W/18/3208631)

Received
11 June 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Shakerley
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 186 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Birches Crematorium and Remembrance Park Birches Lane Lach Dennis Northwich CW9 7SU. Chester has handled 1,156 applications of this type. This one was decided in 186 days, 19 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Shakerley. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the CW9 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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
CW9 7SU
Application type
Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lach Dennis and Lostock Green

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2021
Consultation expiry
29 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2021
Committee meeting
7 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Church Hall Old Coach Road Kelsall CW6 0QJ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 August 2021
Site notice end
29 July 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09825052
Documents
9

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    19 Jun

    Extensions to existing building, additional car parking, replacement gardeners shed, creation of ponds and…

    ApprovedApplication25/01902/FUL
  2. 2022
    10 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (levels of childrens garden) of planning permission 21/03176/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/00471/DIS
  3. 2021
    27 Jul

    Creation of children's garden, outdoor seating areas, site cabin, greenhouse, walkways, storage shed and…

    ApprovedApplication21/03176/FUL
  4. 2018
    13 Aug

    Extensions to the main building, erection, alteration and replacement plant / machinery (includes…

    PendingFull Application18/03158/FUL
  5. 2018
    8 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 12 (Habitat and Landscape Management Plan) of 18/00978/S73

    PendingDischarge of conditions18/02239/DIS
  6. 2018
    12 Mar

    Revised hard and soft landscaping areas with specific revised boundary treatments to southern and part…

    RefusedFull Application18/00980/FUL

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