Planning application
Wealstone Residential Home Wealstone Lane Upton Chester CH2 1HB
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of existing care home retaining and remodeling the western wing as ancillary accommodation. Construction of a two storey 54 bedroom care home to include roof top plant room, refuse and cycle storage, carparking and landscaping
As published by the council, reference 25/04023/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04023/FUL
- Type
- Other
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 23 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Upton
- Parish
- Upton By Chester
- Postcode
- CH2 1HB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cheshire West and Chester register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01390/DIS Awaiting decision
Wealstone Residential Home Wealstone Lane Upton Chester CH2 1HB
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 10 (plant details) of 19/04443/FUL
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19/04443/FUL Granted
Wealstone Residential Home Wealstone Lane Upton Chester CH2 1HB
Erection of specialist dementia care home
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Dec 2025
Received by Cheshire West and Chester
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23 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 March 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
40 documents on file for this application
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