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Water Tower Boughton Water Treatment Works Bulkeley Street Chester

Awaiting decision Cheshire West and Chester 26/02312/LBC Heritage and listed buildings

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Proposal

Removal of 6 no. antennas and 6 no. Remote Radio Heads and installation of 6 no. new replacement antennas with replacement steelwork and 1 no. 0.3m transmission dish on a new support pole.

As published by the council, reference 26/02312/LBC

Application record

Reference
26/02312/LBC
Category
Heritage and listed buildings
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
Chester City and The Garden Quarter

Site history

Applications at this address on the Cheshire West and Chester register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/02311/FUL Awaiting decision

    Water Tower Boughton Water Treatment Works Bulkeley Street Chester

    Removal of 6 no. antennas and 6 no. Remote Radio Heads and installation of 6 no. new replacement antennas with replacement steelwork and 1 no. 0.3m transmission dish on a new support pole

    Submitted 23 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 24/03075/LBC Granted

    Water Tower Boughton Water Treatment Works Bulkeley Street Chester

    Removal and replacement of 3No. antennas and all ancillary development

    Decided 28 Jan 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jul 2026

    Received by Cheshire West and Chester

  2. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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

23 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 heritage and listed building applications in a median of 80 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About heritage and listed building applications

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Nearby applications

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  • Water Tower Boughton Water Treatment Works Bulkeley Street Chester

    26/02311/FUL Submitted 23 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    94% historically approved · decision due ~17 Sep

    Removal of 6 no. antennas and 6 no. Remote Radio Heads and installation of 6 no. new replacement antennas with replacement steelwork and 1 no. 0.3m transmission dish on a new support pole

    Awaiting decision Full applications 25 docs
  • Water Tower Boughton Water Treatment Works Bulkeley Street Chester

    24/03075/LBC Submitted 14 Oct 2024 50 yards away

    Removal and replacement of 3No. antennas and all ancillary development

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 12 docs
  • Boughton Water Treatment Works Bulkeley Street Chester Cheshire

    21/00244/LBC Submitted 19 Jan 2021 50 yards away

    1m Anti-bird netting band around corbeled brickwork to protect the building from pigeon ingress

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 9 docs
  • 3 Tollemache Terrace Chester Cheshire CH2 3ED

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    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 10 docs
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    19/04289/FUL Submitted 28 Nov 2019 100 yards away

    Demolition of existing single storey outrigger to rear and replacement with single storey extension.

    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 11 docs
    Small domestic

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