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Ash House Ash House Lane Little Leigh Northwich Cheshire CW8 4RG

25/02783/FULAmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 3 March 2026

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

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Proposal

Formation of hardstanding surface (retrospective)

Received
4 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marbury
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 169 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Ash House Ash House Lane Little Leigh Northwich Cheshire CW8 4RG. Chester has handled 932 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 18 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marbury. We hold 1,032 applications in total for the CW8 postcode area.

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 scaffolding yard intrinsically linked with the hardstanding subject of this application does not have an operational need for a countryside location and has introduced new operational development with associated vehicle/equipment storage onto previously open grassed land. This has a harmful visual impact which detracts from the intrinsic character and beauty of the Cheshire countryside and is contrary to Policies STRAT 9 and ENV 2 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part One) and Policy GBC 2 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part Two).
  2. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed development would not give rise to significant adverse impacts on the health and quality of life of neighbouring occupiers in terms of noise and disturbance. The development is therefore contrary to Policy SOC 5 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part One), Policies DM 2 and DM 30 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Two) and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CW8 4RG
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Leigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2025
Consultation expiry
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 Fir Tree Avenue Chester CH4 7QY United Kingdom

Publicity

Site notice end
21 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14304744
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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