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Barn House The Cobbles Nether Peover Northwich WA16 9PZ

25/04050/PIPOtherRefused

Refused on 13 March 2026

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

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Proposal

Demolition of 1 existing dwelling, retention of existing thatched barn and erection of up to 3 self build dwellings

Received
8 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shakerley
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Barn House The Cobbles Nether Peover Northwich WA16 9PZ. Chester has handled 696 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 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 37 applications across Shakerley. We hold 1,055 applications in total for the WA16 postcode area.

93% of all 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 includes the construction of new dwellings in the countryside outside of an identified settlement. They have not been proven to require a countryside location and would be in a location where there would be a significant reliance on the use of private motor vehicles for the majority of day-to-day access to employment, shops, and services. The proposal therefore represents an unsustainable form of development which would be contrary to the provisions of policies STRAT 1, STRAT 2 and STRAT 9 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part One), Policies DM 19 and R 1 of the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan (Part Two) and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WA16 9PZ
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nether (Lower) Peover

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Barn Studio Lightfoot Green Farm School Lane Brereton Cheshire CW11 1RT

Publicity

Site notice end
30 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

Source: Chester

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