Planning application
The Nook Kingswood Avenue Saughall Chester CH1 6DF
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Existing Use of the dwelling as a small-scale residential care home for two residents (Use Class C2)
As published by the council, reference 26/00076/LDC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00076/LDC
- Category
- Lawful development
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 12 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 2 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Saughall And Mollington
- Parish
- Saughall And Shotwick Park
- Postcode
- CH1 6DF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jan 2026
Received by Cheshire West and Chester
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2 Mar 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 27 April 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
13 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.
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Open the documentsWhat 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 57 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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