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Renescience Northwich Griffiths Road Lostock Gralam Northwich CW9 7NU

26/00455/DEMOtherApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Phase 1 - Removal of plant and equipment from DTB building (DTB Building to remain), Phase 2 - Removal of plant, equipment and then demolition of steel framed clad structures (Reactor Hall, Sorting Hall Bunker Hall and Loading Hall)

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Northwich Witton
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Renescience Northwich Griffiths Road Lostock Gralam Northwich CW9 7NU. Chester has handled 696 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Chester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Northwich Witton. We hold 1,495 applications in total for the CW9 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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Application details

Postcode
CW9 7NU
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northwich Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14697426
Documents
11

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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