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Cheshire West and Chester

In the last 12 months, 92.5% of full planning applications were approved in Cheshire West and Chester (226 decided). A typical decision takes about 21 weeks (median 146 days).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-27–2026-07-02): 91.2% of 3,856 decisions approved.

5,852Total applications
3,518Approved
338Refused
266Withdrawn
857Pending
91.2%Approval rate (all types)
Check a property in Cheshire West and Chester
Decision Level
1,021Delegated Decision
4Committee Decision
3Not Decided
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 1,609 1,463 146
90.9%
Tree Works (TPO) 414 370 44
89.4%
Discharge of Conditions 411 403 8
98.1%
Uncategorised 244 230 14
94.3%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 196 179 17
91.3%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 187 173 14
92.5%
Listed Building Consent 160 154 6
96.2%
Advertisement Consent 103 90 13
87.4%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 101 95 6
94.1%
Prior Approval (Other) 89 77 12
86.5%
Other 71 61 10
85.9%
GPD - Larger House Extensions 62 60 2
96.8%
Outline Planning 34 22 12
64.7%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 30 28 2
93.3%
Agri buildings to dwellinghouses 25 12 13
48.0%
Telecommunications 19 7 12
36.8%
Solar equip on non-domestic premises 15 15 0
100.0%
Enlargement of a dwelling - add storeys 13 8 5
61.5%
Heritage 13 13 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 11 11 0
100.0%
Comm,Business,Service to Dwellinghouses 11 9 2
81.8%
Demolition 9 9 0
100.0%
Overhead Electricity Lines 9 9 0
100.0%
Agri buildings to flexi commercial use 3 3 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 3 3 0
100.0%
Discharge/Variation to S106 Agreement 3 3 0
100.0%
LBC Variation of Conditions 2 2 0
100.0%
Comm/bus/serv to mixed use +two flats 2 2 0
100.0%
Proposed works to Railway Bridge 1 1 0
100.0%
Power Related Development 1 1 0
100.0%
Local Development Order 1 1 0
100.0%
Hazardous Substance Application 1 1 0
100.0%
Listed Building Works 1 1 0
100.0%
Takeaway-Betting-Payday to dwelling 1 1 0
100.0%
Biodiversity Gain Plan 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 299 275
92.0%
2023-Q4 392 362
92.3%
2024-Q1 465 417
89.7%
2024-Q2 526 482
91.6%
2024-Q3 449 405
90.2%
2024-Q4 385 344
89.4%
2025-Q1 413 381
92.3%
2025-Q2 344 314
91.3%
2025-Q3 173 158
91.3%
2025-Q4 109 104
95.4%
2026-Q1 163 149
91.4%
2026-Q2 26 25
96.2%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Chester City and The Garden Quarter 289 270 19
93.4%
Weaver And Cuddington 215 185 30
86.0%
Marbury 206 186 20
90.3%
Christleton and Huntington 197 182 15
92.4%
Tarvin And Kelsall 185 157 28
84.9%
Handbridge Park 164 157 7
95.7%
Gowy Rural 138 123 15
89.1%
Tarporley 138 124 14
89.9%
Tattenhall 117 108 9
92.3%
Willaston And Thornton 114 98 16
86.0%
Great Boughton 112 104 8
92.9%
Newton and Hoole 111 101 10
91.0%
Planning guides

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