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Cheshire West and Chester planning applications
17,656 applications. 93% approved. 56 days to decide.
As of October 2026, PlanIndex holds 17,656 planning applications from Cheshire West and Chester. 1,314 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 93% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
Cheshire West and Chester: 3,381 applications received in the last year, 1,314 decisions published. Decision alerts here will be sparse until the council publishes more outcomes.
Cheshire West and Chester takes a median of 57 days to decide a planning application. See how that compares.
All applications
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26/03243/TPO Awaiting decision
Land At Lodge Lane Saughall Chester
Various works to various trees including felling as detailed in the tree reports.
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26/03235/CAT Awaiting decision
Millbrook House High Street Tattenhall Chester CH3 9PX
Beech tree - Crown thin by approximately 15%, removing selected secondary and smaller branches throughout the crown to reduce overall crown density whilst retaining the trees natural form and structural framework. Reduce roadside lateral limbs by up to 2-3 metres, where appropriate, to reduce excessive end weight and mechanical loading on the limbs extending towards the roadside.
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26/03221/CAT Awaiting decision
38A Hough Green Chester CH4 8JQ
Magnolia in the front garden - Crown reduction by approximately 25%, maintaining the natural shape and balanced form of the tree. Removal of dead, damaged and crossing branches where appropriate.
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26/03240/PIP Awaiting decision
Land At Capenhurst Lane Capenhurst Chester
Permission in Principle to erect single detached dwelling
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26/03219/TPO Awaiting decision
429 Chester Road Hartford Northwich CW8 2AF
1x Mature Oak - Request to crown lift to 5m to give clearance from property (lower branches now resting on roof). Crown thin/clean by 15% and crown reduce by up to 2m to maintain healthy shape and reduce chance of failure.
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26/03210/DSM Decided
Land At Grid Ref 336620 377534 Chester Road Little Sutton Ellesmere Port
Regulation 5 to install electronic communications apparatus/development ancillary to radio equipment housing CS 13201421
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26/03172/CAT Awaiting decision
Car Park Greyfriars House Grey Friars Chester CH1 2NW
2x Beech Trees and 1x Sycamore - To trim all branches that overhang the car parking spaces
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26/03186/TPO Awaiting decision
The Elms Hollands Lane Kelsall Chester CW6 0QT
Sycamore - Remove to ground level
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26/03183/CAT Awaiting decision
Dixons Houses Little Heath Christleton Chester CH3 7AN
T1 English Oak - Re-pollard tree at previous knuckle/growth point
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26/03190/TPO Awaiting decision
Open Space On Chevron Close Chester
Apple (G8) - Fell and remove as leaning towards fence of 24 Chevron Close. Rowan over car park (G8) - Crown lift by 2.5m.
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26/03180/CAT Awaiting decision
Dixons Houses Little Heath Christleton Chester CH3 7AN
T1 Sycamore - Remove to ground level and treat stump due to location and impact on existing boundary wall (part of the wall has already experienced total collapse)
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26/03191/CAT Awaiting decision
St Marys Parish Church Whitegate Road Winsford CW8 2AY
Various works to various trees including felling as detailed in the tree reports.
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26/03179/TPO Awaiting decision
28 Plas Newton Lane Chester CH2 1PJ
Beech (T63) - Dismantle and fell to ground level
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26/03208/DSM Decided
Land At Grid Ref 364033 372047 Old Vicarage Lane Hartford Northwich
Regulation 5 installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus 2 x Wooden pole 10m light WH6VRR9M
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26/03173/CAT Awaiting decision
White Thorns Back Lane Whitley Warrington WA4 4QJ
Oak (T4) - Remove over-extended 2nd order limb back to main stem union. Lime (T5) - Reduce crown at defective union, reduce central leader to 2m above the bifurcation, and to 0.3m above the adjacent minor branch.
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26/03185/TPO Awaiting decision
Doubletree by Hilton Warrington Road Hoole Village Chester CH2 3PD
Full removal of a heavily leaning yew tree adjacent to the perimeter fence on the left-hand side, approx 50m from the entrance as you drive in.
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26/03174/TPO Awaiting decision
Brathay Mill Lane Willaston Neston CH64 1RG
Minor deadwooding required, no trees to be removed. Various tree species including beech, horse chestnut, oak, pine.
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26/03155/CAT Awaiting decision
13 High Street Frodsham WA6 7AH
1x Lime tree directly in front of no 13 High Street - Reduce the branches extending towards the property to prevent damage to the building and reduce bird droppings in the area where people eat and drink.
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26/03163/TPO Awaiting decision
175 St Marks Road Chester CH4 8DG
Crown reduction of a Pine tree in the front garden by 3m, to clear the overhead wires
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26/03158/PIP Awaiting decision
Land At Waste Lane Kelsall Tarporley
Erection of up to six dwellings
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26/03164/DSM Decided
Telecommunications Site Leslie Road Woodford Park Lane Winsford Cheshire CW7 2RB
The proposed upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station comprising the removal of 3 no antennas and the installation of 3 no existing antennas, together with internal upgrades to existing equipment cabin and ancillary development (CS_12789324)
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26/03156/TPO Awaiting decision
Open Space In Front of Flats 20-21 The Square Christleton Chester
Apple (T1 426) - Crown shape 1.5m and crown lift 1.5m to clear footpath and buildings
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26/03146/DIS Awaiting decision
49 London Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 5HQ
Discharge of condition 3 of 26/01480/PMA (Flood Resistance and Resilience Measures and Flood Warning and Evacuation Plan)
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26/03152/DSM Decided
Opposite Brow Lane On Keepers Lane Antrobus CW9 6JZ
Install fixed line broadband apparatus. Ref: 1440554
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26/03138/NMA Awaiting decision
Land Off Rilshaw Lane Winsford
Non-material amendment to 17/04426/REM (residential development of up to 215 dwellings, public open space with recreational facilities, site access, associated highways and infrastructure works) (Further amendments to condition 2 (Plots 57 - 109 drainage / levels / sections details)
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26/03134/TPO Awaiting decision
Roslyn 138 Chester Road Little Sutton Ellesmere Port CH66 1QN
Silver Birch tree (T1), situated at the drive entrance - Crown raise to statutory height, then undertake a 2-3m crown reduction to reduce the mechanical loading at the unions where the limb meets the main stem.
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26/03144/HHE Awaiting decision
3 Edinburgh Way Chester Cheshire CH4 7AS
Single storey rear extension
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26/03151/DSM Decided
Jcn of Central Grove On Central Road CW9 7JD
Install fixed line broadband apparatus. Ref: 1444926
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26/03137/TPO Awaiting decision
Gilwern House Gilwern Close Chester CH1 4AP
T1 Cherry - Remove due to excessive basal decay and immediate risk to structures in close proximity. T6 Lime - Deadwood removal, remove epicormic and reduce roadside by 1.5m, crown raise to 5.2m roadside. T7 Horse Chestnut - Height reduction by up to a maximum of 2.5- 3m to reduce wind sail and to manage the height of the tree. Clear street light by 1.5m. T8 Lime - Crown reduction by 2m and clear streetlight by 1.5m. Deadwood removal. T9 English yew - Crown raise roadside/pathway by 5.2m. T10 Group of 3x Lime trees - Remove middle tree and re-pollard 2 remaining trees to previous growth points.
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26/03147/AGR Awaiting decision
Land At Bates Lane Helsby Frodsham
General purpose agricultural produce and machinery store
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26/03150/DSM Decided
Maesfen View Chester Road Malpas SY14 8HT
Install fixed line broadband apparatus. Ref OGEAA6554644
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26/03153/DSM Decided
O/S Miller Transport Nine Oaks Platts Lane And, O/S Broad Oak Farm Birds Lane Tattenhall Chester CH3 9NL
Install fixed line broadband apparatus (Ref: TAP_V9006)
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26/03120/AGR Awaiting decision
Land At Marsh Lane Dutton Northwich
Erection of general purpose agricultural produce and machinery store
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26/03157/DSM Decided
Land At Higher Lane Dutton Northwich
Installation of 6 telecommunication poles.
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26/03131/CAT Awaiting decision
29 Curzon Park North Chester CH4 8AP
2x Cedar (T1 and T2) and 1x Scots Pine (T3) - Section dismantle to ground level.
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26/03121/DSM Decided
Land East North East of Greenfield Lane Frodsham WA6 7AQ
install electronic communications apparatus/development ancillary to radio equipment housing on behalf of Cornerstone.
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26/03122/DSM Decided
Telecommunications Rose Bank Farm Runcorn Road Barnton Northwich CW8 4QD
The replacement of 3no. existing antennas for 3no. proposed antennas, the removal of 6no. existing MHAs and the installation of 3no. proposed MHAs along with associated ancillary equipment on the lattice tower. The installation of 1no. proposed GPS node and the replacement of 1no. existing cabinet for 1no. proposed cabinet at ground level.
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26/03127/DSM Decided
Overton Manor Overton Heath Lane Overton Malpas SY14 7DG
1 x 10m Galanised Hollow Pole
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26/03130/CAT Awaiting decision
Richmond House Gardens Tarvin Road Chester
4x trees (crab apple & sycamore) to be crown raised to 3m off the path and then 2 of the trees to be crown raise to 6m off the house. One limb to be removed due to multiple fungal brackets and low branches.
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26/03107/LDC Awaiting decision
40 Oldfield Drive Great Boughton Chester CH3 5LL
Proposed conversion of the existing garage to habitable accommodation forming part of the existing dwellinghouse, including the infilling of the existing garage door opening and installation of a new window.
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26/03113/TPE Granted
Elkton Quarry Lane Kelsall Tarporley CW6 0PD
Remove dead/dying Alder subject to TPO
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26/03115/TPE Granted
138 Chester Road Northwich CW8 4AW
Removal of Beech tree with ffb
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26/03118/CAT Awaiting decision
Bankfield Village Road Dunham On The Hill Frodsham WA6 0NN
Felling of the Leylandii tree (T1) in rear garden
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26/03119/TPO Awaiting decision
33 Park Lane Hartford Northwich CW8 1PY
Lime Tree - Crown reduce top by 2.5m and side laterals by 1.5m
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26/03090/TPO Awaiting decision
16 St Johns Way Cuddington Northwich CW8 2LX
3x Maple trees - Request to crown reduce by 0.5m to previous points to maintain healthy shape
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26/03089/TPO Awaiting decision
Montrose Mill Lane Willaston Neston CH64 1RF
Cropping Sycamore trees (M1-M5) due to height and removing overhanging branches that pose potential danger to property & person.
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26/03076/NMA Awaiting decision
Land Off Hargreaves Road Northwich
Non Material Amendment to 21/00055/FUL (change of boundary from a wall to fence to plots 87 to 91 and changes to landscape drawings previously approved under 23/03744/DIS)
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26/03069/FUL Awaiting decision
53 Whitehall Drive Hartford Northwich CW8 1SJ
Increasing of land levels and construction of a boundary fence (Retrospective)
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26/03081/TPO Awaiting decision
Hermitage South Crescent Road Chester CH4 7AU
Lime Tree (T1) in back garden and Lime Tree (T2) in front garden - To be reduced in height by 3m, and to be re-pollarded to previous points.
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26/03079/TPO Awaiting decision
21 Delamere Park Way East Cuddington Northwich CW8 2UE
T42 Oak - Crown reduce 1.5m and crown thin 10%
Recent decisions
Data to October 2026
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26/01891/BGP Granted
Meadow Farm Meadow Lane Huntington Chester CH3 6DQ
Application for approval of condition 8 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) and informative note 3 of planning permission 24/03229/FUL.
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25/02348/ADV Granted
Pavement Outside Chester Bus Interchange Gorse Stacks Chester
The advertisement is integrated into the Communication Hub unit and comprises an LCD portrait screen that will be used to show static illuminated content that is remotely changed via a secure ISDN line to the communication device.
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25/02351/ADV Granted
Land At Pavement Outside Brookdale Place Chester
The advertisement is integrated into the Communication Hub unit and comprises an LCD portrait screen that will be used to show static illuminated content that is remotely changed via a secure ISDN line to the communication device
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26/00741/DIS Granted
Black Greyhound Hall Lane Wincham Northwich CW9 6DG
To discharge condition 2 (material details) of planning permission 25/00457/FUL.
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26/01259/FUL Granted
Marsh Lane Farm Barn Marsh Lane Dutton Northwich WA4 4EX
Demolition of existing barn, change of use of the fields on the northern boundary from agricultural to equestrian. Erection of a stable block, fences and associated hardstandings.
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26/02528/NMA Withdrawn
4 Grove Avenue Great Boughton Chester Cheshire West And Chester CH3 5HL
Non Material Amendment to 25/02975/FUL (change material finish to dormer window from tile to cladding)
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26/02026/NMA Granted
The Limes Lower Park Road Chester CH4 7BB
Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/02789/FUL to allow infilling of approved opening to the side of the covered patio. First floor rear doors to ensuite replaced with window.
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25/01159/FUL Granted
Land At Canaan Farm Bell O The Hill Road Tushingham Cum Grindley Malpas SY13 4QR
Demolition of existing dwelling and the erection of a new dwelling
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25/03900/FUL Granted
Garden Lane Medical Centre 17 and 19 Garden Lane Chester CH1 4EN
Side extension to No.19 and Removal of shared canopy. Alterations to windows and doors for both No 17 and 19, including replacement of all windows of No.19
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26/02707/LDC Granted
9 Wharburton Close Cuddington Northwich CW8 2ZE
Construction of rear single storey extension
The full record
Decisions between 2002 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 14,531 decisions from Cheshire West and Chester between 2002 and 2026, part of 17,656 applications on record. Over that period 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 11,308 granted against 902 refused. The busiest single year was 2019, with 3,912 applications recorded.
The trailing-year figures above track current activity. This record reaches back further, so a decision here may predate the online portal; each application still has its own page with the source link.
From the archive
Earliest records shown in full
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P/2002/110/PA/404 Granted
Church Lane The Hermitage CH64 9US
Two Ash trees - within front garden (adj. to A10 ofChurch Lane, Neston TPO., 1970).
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P/2002/110/NE/445 Granted
56 Breezehill Road, Neston CH64 9PS
Horse Chestnut and Beech (2): prune overhanging branches.
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P/2002/110/NE/452 Granted
1 Hinderton Green CH64 9PS
London Plane: Minor pruning.
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P/2002/110/WH/432 Granted
adjacent to 31, Beechcroft Drive, Whitby. CH65 6PD
Oak tree: light pruning sucker shoots.
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P/2002/110/SG/485 Granted
within garden of 40 Foxall Way CH66 2GT
Oak tree: pruning.
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P/2002/110/WT/549 Granted
In front garden of Ash Grove. CH64 2UB
2 Sycamore trees: crown clean and minor crown lifting.
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P/2002/110/GO/563 Granted
In rear garden. CH66 2UR
2 Oak trees: crown lifting and dead wood removal.
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P/2002/110/BN/561 Granted
16 Lombardy Poplars along rear boundary. CH64 4AU
16 Lombardy Poplars: 1 dead - fell. Crown reduce rest by up to 35%.
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P/2002/110/LE/571 Granted
at 12 Sutton Hall Drive CH66 4UQ
Limes (3), Sycamores (2): Crown cleaning/reduction.
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P/2002/110/LE/504 Granted
13 Sutton Hall Drive CH66 4UQ
Lime trees (4) in back garden: Pollarding.
Decision speed
12 months to October 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 659 50%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 263 20%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 392 30%
Planning agents in Cheshire West and Chester
The firms named as agent on the most applications on this register. Company information only.
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Pegasus Group Ltd 91% granted overall 1
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Telent Technology Services Limited 83% granted overall 1
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KKA Limited 100% granted overall 1
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Browse by ward
Applications by ward in Cheshire West and Chester
- Blacon 284
- Boughton 51
- Central and Grange 121
- Chester City 211
- Chester City and The Garden Quarter 863
- Chester Villages 102
- Christleton and Huntington 484
- Davenham And Moulton 109
- Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead 217
- Dodleston And Huntington 97
- Ellesmere Port Town 54
- Elton 29
- Farndon 427
- Frodsham 442
- Garden Quarter 32
- Gowy 103
- Gowy Rural 443
- Great Boughton 338
- Handbridge Park 545
- Hartford And Greenbank 432
- Helsby 202
- Hoole 79
- Kingsley 88
- Lache 68
- Ledsham And Manor 247
- Little Neston 138
- Little Neston And Burton 79
- Malpas 388
- Marbury 743
- Neston 186
- Netherpool 104
- Newton 65
- Newton and Hoole 351
- Northwich Leftwich 99
- Northwich Winnington and Castle 155
- Northwich Witton 156
- Parkgate 290
- Rudheath 104
- Sandstone 409
- Saughall And Mollington 392
- Shakerley 376
- Strawberry 70
- Sutton 26
- Sutton Villages 77
- Tarporley 426
- Tarvin And Kelsall 686
- Tattenhall 492
- Upton 353
- Weaver And Cuddington 736
- Westminster 85
- Whitby 59
- Whitby Groves 102
- Whitby Park 80
- Willaston And Thornton 409
- Winnington And Castle 90
- Winsford Dene 52
- Winsford Gravel 67
- Winsford Over And Verdin 364
- Winsford Swanlow 107
- Winsford Swanlow And Dene 48
- Winsford Wharton 125
- Witton And Rudheath 38
- Wolverham 36
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Common questions
How many planning applications does Cheshire West and Chester decide?
In the 12 months to October 2026, Cheshire West and Chester decided 1314 planning applications. 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
How long does a planning decision take in Cheshire West and Chester?
The median time from a planning application being received to a decision was 56 days over the 12 months to October 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many Cheshire West and Chester decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 1314 decisions in the 12 months to October 2026 where both dates are published, 50% came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 70% within thirteen weeks.
How many planning applications has Cheshire West and Chester decided in total?
PlanIndex holds 14531 decisions from Cheshire West and Chester between 2002 and 2026, out of 17,656 applications on record. Across that whole period 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
When is planning activity busiest in Cheshire West and Chester?
July 2026 was the busiest month across the 12 months to October 2026, with 340 applications recorded. The monthly pattern is listed on this page.
How do I find a planning application by its reference number?
Every application indexed here has its own page at a stable address. Look the reference up in a search engine together with the council name, or browse the latest applications below. Each page shows the description, address, dates and decision as the council published them.
Where can I see the full documents for an application?
Plans, drawings and officer reports stay on Cheshire West and Chester's own planning portal. Every application page here links straight to the source record.
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Cheshire West and Chester: 17,656 planning applications on record as of October 2026. Trailing 12 months: 1,314 decided, 93% approved, median 56 days to a decision. 3,381 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2002 and 2026: 14,531 in total, 93% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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