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City Apartments 33 City Road Chester CH1 3AB

Awaiting decision Cheshire West and Chester 25/03910/LDC Lawful development

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Proposal

Proposed façade remediation works including removal of combustible insulation, installation of non-combustible insulation and fire barriers along compartmentation lines, and replacement of aluminium cladding panels on a like-for-like basis

As published by the council, reference 25/03910/LDC

Application record

Reference
25/03910/LDC
Category
Lawful development
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
15 Dec 2025
Validated
15 Dec 2025
Ward
Chester City and The Garden Quarter
Postcode
CH1 3AB

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Received by Cheshire West and Chester

  2. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Cheshire West and Chester took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Cheshire West and Chester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cheshire West and Chester decided lawful development applications in a median of 50 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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