Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area.
Search the Public Notice Portal What is the Public Notice Portal?What is the Public Notice Portal?
The Public Notice Portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood.
Search the Public Notice PortalA PLAN for seven self-build homes next to a pub is up for consideration by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
Philip Kearns has applied for outline planning permission for a patch of land next to Weaverham's Hanging Gate.
The plan is for seven self-build homes with three-to-five beds near the junction of Station Road and West Road.
The Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act says a self-build home is one which is built by 'individuals or associations of individuals... to be occupied as homes by those individuals'.
In 2020 an application to the council for only two homes was unsuccessful but the applicant said this was before a change two years ago to the National Planning Policy Framework.
Included in the reasons for refusal was the potential impact of the proposed development on the conservation areas, the green belt, and the pub as a Non-Designated Heritage Asset.
The 2026 application said: "As a smaller sized housing scheme it is capable of coming forward quickly for development and contributing towards the housing requirement consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework."
Weaverham has not one but two conservation areas - Weaverham Village and Weaverham West Road - and is surrounded on all sides by the green belt.
The Hanging Gate is not nationally listed as Grade I, Grade II*, or Grade II but it is locally listed as a good example of a roadside inn from the Georgian Era.
The 2026 application said: "The ability to address the significant housing shortfall in Cheshire West and Chester Borough will inevitably require the release of greenfield land."
Mr Kearns has applied for outline planning permission so the details of the development such as the appearance, scale and size of the homes are subject to another application.
Currently there is a consultation on Cheshire West and Chester Council's planning portal and a decision is due at a later date.
For information on the application go to https://pa.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/online-applications/ (REF: 26/01704/OUT).
Share