Planning application
1 Heritage Court Lower Bridge Street Chester CH1 1RD
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from offices to residential (9 1-bed and 2 2-bed apartments)
As published by the council, reference 20/02587/PDO
Application record
- Reference
- 20/02587/PDO
- Type
- Amendment
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval required and refused
- Received
- 21 Jul 2020
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2020
- Decided
- 24 Sep 2020
- Ward
- Chester City and The Garden Quarter
- Postcode
- CH1 1RD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2020
Received by Cheshire West and Chester
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24 Sep 2020
Decision issued: Prior Approval required and refused
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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