Land Adjacent To Merton House West Bank Chester Cheshire CH1 4FA
Approved on 26 May 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
To confirm that the planning permission ref: 20/00300/FUL has been lawfully commenced and can therefore be completed in accordance with the permission granted
- Received
- 21 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Chester City and The Garden Quarter
- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 May
Decided in 186 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To Merton House West Bank Chester Cheshire CH1 4FA. Chester has handled 2,657 applications of this type. This one was decided in 186 days, 19 weeks longer than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Chester City and The Garden Quarter. We hold 434 applications in total for the CH1 postcode area.
93% 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
- CH1 4FA
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Lewis and Co Planning 2 Port Hall Road Brighton BN1 5PD United Kingdom
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14508320
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 May
Erection of 6 dwellings with associated landscaping, parking and access works - Variation of Conditions 2, 3…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01383/S73 - 202630 Mar
Red Oak (T888) - Fell to ground level and remove all arisings.
PendingApplication26/01000/TPO - 202323 Jun
Discharge of conditions 3 (PTC Arbo Method Statement), 4 (PTC Levels) and 5 (PTC - Drainage) of planning…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/01992/DIS - 202320 Jun
Tree 888 - Red oak - fell to ground level and replace
ApprovedTrees23/01942/TPO - 20025 Aug
Hard surface tennis court
ApprovedApplication02/01281/FUL
Source: Chester
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