The Barn Smithy Lane Little Leigh Northwich CW8 4RA

1. 22 Jul 2026

   Received by Cheshire West and Chester

2. 13 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 16 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 273 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Cheshire West and Chester for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

More on conditions applications in our guide

• Barn and Bungalow The Hollybush Warrington Road Dutton Northwich CW8 4QY

  25/01338/S73 Submitted 29 Apr 2025 2m away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~24 Jun

  Change of use and external alterations to create short term lets (6 letting rooms with communal space) and associated self contained owner/manager accommodation. This application seeks to vary condition 9 (passageway remain clear and unobstructed) of planning permission 23/01374/FUL for access during operational hours of the public house.

  Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs

• The Barn Smithy Lane Little Leigh Northwich CW8 4RA

  26/02302/LBC Submitted 22 Jul 2026 280m away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  Retrospective internal amendments to layout of approval to provide 5 no. letting rooms and 1 no. managers suite, with revised external landscaping arrangement and boundary treatment detail

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings

• The Barn Smithy Lane Little Leigh Northwich CW8 4RA

  26/02301/FUL Submitted 22 Jul 2026 280m away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  Retrospective internal amendments to layout of approval to provide 5 no. letting rooms and 1 no. managers suite, with revised external landscaping arrangement and boundary treatment detail

  Awaiting decision Full applications

• Hilbre Smithy Lane Little Leigh Northwich Cheshire CW8 4RA

  19/03504/FUL Submitted 19 Sep 2019 337m away

  Single storey rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/02500/106 Awaiting decision

  Green Bank Farm Withy Lane Broxton Chester CH3 9JP

  Discharge S106 Agreement, dated 21st July 2011 (PMC/387745.19), of planning permission 11/00363/OUT

  6 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 25/00730/DIS Granted

  Land At Cable Drive Helsby Frodsham

  Discharge of condition 13 (remediation verification) of planning application 20/00324/FUL (Plots 42 and 208, 47-56, 166, 167, 169, 171, 182 and 184-190)

  7 Mar 2025 Conditions
• 26/00222/DIS Granted

  Land Off Hargreaves Road Northwich

  Discharge of condition 47 (verification of remediation - Area 1) of 21/00055/FUL (Residential development with associated access, car parking and landscaping) (discharge relating to Phase 1 only) (Soil cover system assessment for Plots 87-91, 335-345)

  23 Jan 2026 Conditions
• 26/02318/DIS Awaiting decision

  The Old Vicarage Worthenbury Road Church Shocklach Malpas SY14 7BN

  Discharge of condition 4 (Biodiversity Net Gain) of 25/03198/FUL

  23 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 26/02626/BGP Awaiting decision

  The Old Vicarage Worthenbury Road Church Shocklach Malpas SY14 7BN

  Discharge of Note 4 (BGP) of planning permission 25/03198/FUL

  23 Jul 2026 Conditions