The Countess of Chester Hospital The Countess of Chester Health Park Liverpool Road Upton Chester CH2 1UL

22/03028/OUTOutlinePermitted

Outline / PiP

Proposal

Outline planning permission for erection of a hospital building, including the construction of a link to the adjacent building, the erection of compounds for storage and for housing power supply units, the demolition of existing buildings and associated landscape works. Full planning permission for a car park on the 1829 Site and alterations to an on-site roundabout.

Received: 9 August 2022
Decided: 15 February 2023 · Approval
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Cheshire West and Chester Council
Ward: Upton

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted9 Aug
ValidatedValidated18 Nov
Consult.Consultation3 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided15 Feb

Decided in 89 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Chester78% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for demolition at The Countess of Chester Hospital The Countess of Chester Health Park Liverpool Road Upton Chester CH2 1UL. Chester has handled 368 applications of this type and approves 72% of them, typically deciding them in 70 days. This one was decided in 190 days, 17 weeks longer than Chester's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Upton. We hold 1,131 applications in total for the CH2 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

22/03028/OUT

Address

The Countess of Chester Hospital The Countess of Chester Health Park Liverpool Road Upton Chester CH2 1UL

Postcode

CH2 1UL

Local Authority

Chester

Application Type

Outline

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Approved

Ward

Upton

Parish

Bache

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

10 Kilmorey Park Avenue CHESTER CH2 3QU undefined

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

9 August 2022

Consultation Expiry

6 February 2023

Date Decided

15 February 2023

Date Validated

18 November 2022

Date Submitted

9 August 2022

Neighbour Consultation End

3 February 2023

Committee Meeting

7 February 2023

Planning Decision

Decision

Approval

Decided By

Committee Decision

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry

22 December 2022

Site Notice End

6 February 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-11286457

Documents

Coordinates

53.211853, -2.897289

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Chester

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Associated applications

2023
8 Jun
Discharge of Conditions 5 (details of restoration of car park), 9 (scheme for surface water drainage for the…
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Non-material amendment of 22/03028/OUT
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2023
16 May
Discharge of condition 15 (travel plan) on planning application 22/03028/OUT
PendingDischarge of conditions23/01580/DIS
2023
14 Mar
Discharge of condition 12 (external lighting) of planning permission 22/03028/OUT
ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/00851/DIS
2023
1 Mar
Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance and landscape) following outline approval under 22/03028/OUT
ApprovedReserved mattersRelated23/00661/REM
2023
24 Feb
Discharge of conditions 7 (construction method statement), 8 (archaeology), 9 (sustainable drainage scheme)…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/00611/DIS
2022
9 Aug
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This applicationApprovedOutline22/03028/OUT

Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Countess of Chester Hospital (Original Block)On this site
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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