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Land At Waterworks Lane Hooton Ellesmere Port

Awaiting decision Cheshire West and Chester 26/02213/OUT Outline

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Construction of a crematorium and all ancillary infrastructure including, but not limited to, new access, car parking, drainage, memorial gardens and incidental landscaping with hard surfacing on land at Waterworks Lane, Hooton, Ellesmere Port. (All matters reserved apart from access)

As published by the council, reference 26/02213/OUT

Application record

Reference
26/02213/OUT
Type
Outline
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
Willaston And Thornton

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jul 2026

    Received by Cheshire West and Chester

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 September 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

35 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 outline applications in a median of 182 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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