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Land At Cheshire Avenue Lostock Gralam Northwich

25/02383/FULAmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 2 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of Car Park (Sui Generis) to containerised self storage (Sui Generis) with associated fencing and gates (Part Retrospective).

Received
31 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shakerley
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 214 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land At Cheshire Avenue Lostock Gralam Northwich. Chester has handled 932 applications of this type. This one was decided in 214 days, 23 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Shakerley.

86% of amendment 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal by virtue of the temporary utilitarian appearance, bulk and prominent location, would fail to achieve a high standard of design or protect the visual amenity of the local area. The development therefore would conflict with ENV 6 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part One), DM3 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part Two) as well as the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lostock Gralam

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2025
Consultation expiry
13 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Campbell Street Stanningley Leeds LS28 6DP United Kingdom

Publicity

Site notice end
13 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14203267
Documents
15

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.

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

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    1 Sep

    Lawful development of commencement of works in relation to planning permission: 22/03271/FUL

    PendingApplication26/02106/LDC
  2. 2026
    30 Jun

    Retrospective (temporary) change of use of a car park (Sui Generis) to containerised self-storage (Sui…

    PendingOutline26/02002/FUL
  3. 2024
    21 Jun

    Discharge of conditions 4 (noise mitigation), 5 (contaminated land), 8 (construction management plan), 9…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01814/DIS
  4. 2023
    19 May

    Facility for sale of motor vehicles, including erection of an office building and associated infrastructure…

    ApprovedOther23/01630/FUL
  5. 2022
    30 Aug

    Construction of a three storey building containing 6 apartments with associated car parking

    ApprovedApplication22/03271/FUL
  6. 2019
    23 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 3 (external materials) , 5 (hard and soft landscaping), 6 (highway access), 9…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/00246/DIS

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