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42 Townfield Lane Barnton Northwich CW8 4LJ

24/02431/FULOtherApproved

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and erection of a dormer bungalow and detached garage.

Received
16 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marbury
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 421 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 42 Townfield Lane Barnton Northwich CW8 4LJ. Chester has handled 696 applications of this type. This one was decided in 518 days, 66 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,032 applications in total for the CW8 postcode area.

93% of all 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
CW8 4LJ
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barnton

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2024
Consultation expiry
21 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Swallow Close Carrbrook Stalybridge SK15 3LU United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13293780
Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chester

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