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Anderton Boat Lift Lift Lane Anderton With Marbury Northwich CW9 6FW

24/03123/FULFullApproved

Approved on 12 February 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension and alterations to the main visitor centre building at Anderton Boat Lift including the addition of a set of external steps and replacement of rooftop plant

Received
18 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marbury
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Anderton Boat Lift Lift Lane Anderton With Marbury Northwich CW9 6FW. Chester has handled 2,658 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in the Burford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marbury. We hold 1,496 applications in total for the CW9 postcode area.

94% of full 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 6FW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Anderton With Marbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2024
Consultation expiry
28 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
National Waterways Museum South Pier Road Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4FW

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 November 2024
Site notice end
26 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13417906
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, green belt, 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.

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Source: Chester

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