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The Piper Pipers Lane Chester CH2 3LS

25/02603/FULRefused

Refused on 26 May 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Construction of a new tanalised timber pergola with festoon lighting, featuring timber cladding to the roadside elevation and bi-folding elements to the right side. Construct new insulated timber framed external bar pod. The works also include the installation of a 1200mm high picket fence, an 1800mm high close-boarded timber fence with gates, and a new removable tensile fabric canopy.

Received
20 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newton and Hoole
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 244 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The Piper Pipers Lane Chester CH2 3LS. Chester has handled 11,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 279 days, 32 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Newton and Hoole. We hold 1,157 applications in total for the CH2 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by virtue of its scale, siting and appearance would be a visually prominent addition to the building and wider street scene which fails to preserve the character and appearance of the locality. As such, the proposal would not accord with the provisions of policy ENV6 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part One), Policy DM3 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part Two), as well as the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed development would not give rise to significant adverse impacts to the health and quality of life of neighbouring occupiers by way of noise and light pollution. Accordingly, it has not been demonstrated that the proposed development would comply with Policy SOC5 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part One), Policies DM 2 and DM30 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part Two) and guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CH2 3LS
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
57 Station Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport Greater Manchester, SK8 7AA United Kingdom

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14254092
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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© 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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