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Towngate House Back Lane Whitley Warrington WA4 4QP

26/01990/FULTreesApproved

Approved on 28 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of external windows, external utility room door and replace window with door in rear elevation, reintroduction of external door in side elevation, introduction of new rooflights to pitched roof, removal of the garden room, internal alterations to bathrooms, new internal door openings to bathrooms and hall, new partition and patio doors to the modern garage, reorganisation of parking, driveway and hedge to the front of the property, new garden wall and gate to the side of the property, within curtilage, new fence to the rear and removal of Leylandii hedge on roadside corner and raising the height of the boundary to the rear of the dwelling

Received
30 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marbury
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 11 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Towngate House Back Lane Whitley Warrington WA4 4QP. Chester has handled 742 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marbury. We hold 6,057 applications in total for the WA4 postcode area.

95% of trees 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
WA4 4QP
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026
Consultation expiry
1 September 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Landswood Park Hartford Northwich CW8 1NF

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 August 2026
Site notice end
1 September 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14871790
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Sep

    Change of use from Use Class C3 (dwelling house) to Use Class C4 (HMO-house in multiple occupation) for up to…

    PendingAll Other26/04096/FUL
  2. 2026
    4 Sep

    Change of use from Use Class C3 (dwelling house) to a Class Sui Generis (HMO - house in multiple occupation)…

    PendingFull planning permission26/02821/FUL
  3. 2026
    17 Jul

    Replacement of external windows, external utility room door and replace window with door in rear elevation…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/01991/LBC
  4. 2026
    2 Jun

    Change of use from Use Class C3 (dwelling house) to Use Class C4 (HMO-house in multiple occupation) with…

    RefusedFull planning permission26/01990/FUL
  5. 2026
    13 May

    Single storey rear extension, single storey side extension, extension of roof at side to form gable, rear…

    ApprovedCert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed26/01989/CEA
  6. 2026
    13 May

    Single-storey rear extension 6m deep x 3m high (3m high to eaves).

    ApprovedClass A HH - Prior Approval26/01988/PRH

Source: Chester

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