Planning Committee Agenda – 7th September 2026

Meeting: Planning Committee
Meeting Date: Monday 7th September 2026 18:00
Meeting Venue: Lower Council Chamber, Council Offices

1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive apologies for absence; apologies should be submitted to the Town Clerk in advance of the meeting.

 

2 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

To receive declarations of personal, prejudicial, and pecuniary interests from members relevant to items under discussion at the meeting.

 

3 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

A period of up to 15 minutes for members of the public to ask questions or submit comments.

 

4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

To receive and confirm the minutes of the meeting held 20^th July 2026

Attachment – Minutes of the meeting held 20^th July

 

5 PLANNING APPLICATIONS

To review the latest planning applications.

26/2970/HOUS	4 Fairmead	Single storey rear extension, first floor extension over existing garage, garden building, car port, driveway gates, solar roof panels and air conditioning, removal of small rear Holly tree.	D1 – Design Guide D2 – Local Distinctiveness H3 – Residential Extensions and Conversions HE2 – Heritage Assets HE3 – Conservation Areas
26/2976/FUL	Bexton Primary School, Blackhill Lane	Proposed Wraparound Care Facility Building	D1 – Design Guide C2 – Education Provision
26/3093/HOUS	126 Grove Park	Single storey extension to side/rear; alterations to existing pitched roof to principal elevation; and, alterations to existing windows and doors.	D1 – Design Guide D2 – Local Distinctiveness H3 – Residential Extensions and Conversions
26/2201/ADV	17 Regent Street	Advertisement consent for The name of the business GUINOT to be erected on the front of the salon double sided projecting sign	N/A

 

6 TREE APPLICATIONS

To review the latest tree applications.

26/2516/TPO	4 Astley Close	T1 Oak – Sectional dismantle the tree retaining a 5 metre stump for habitat in the woodland. G2 2x Cherry and Hawthorn Group – Reduce the Cherry trees in height by 2-2.5 metres and prune the Hawthorn to a corresponding height. Shorten lateral limbs by 1-1.5 metres to balance and prune to clear the neighbouring property by 1.5 metres.
26/2950/TPO	Sharston House Nursing Home, Manor Park South	T1 Oak Tree – reducing the lower limbs of T1 Oak on the car park side of the tree by 1.5m to reduce encroachment over the car park.
26/2992/TPO	Land at Booths Park, Chelford Road	G23 – Lime Avenue – Remove epicormic growth to a height of 2m from all lime trees. G23/41 – Sever and remove ivy to a height of 1m G23/42 – Sever and remove ivy to a height of 2m G23/57 – Sever and remove ivy to a height of 2m G23/73 – Sever and remove ivy to a height of 2m G23/88 – Sever and remove ivy to a height of 1m

 

7 COMMENTS SENT IN SUMMER RECESS

To note comments sent during the summer recess.

26/2556/CLPUD	5 Masters Court, Bexton Road	Certificate of lawful development for proposed single storey rear extension to existing dwelling.	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/2490/NMA	Toft Cricket Club, 65 Chelford Road	Non-material amendment to approval 24/2639M – Demolition of existing pavilion building Construction of new pavilion building	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/1023/LBC	4 – 6 Princess Street	Listed building consent for Change of Use from Class E (Office) to C3 (Residential) to Create 4 No. Apartments.	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/0673/FUL	4 – 6 Princess Street	Change of Use from Class E (Office) to C3 (Residential) to Create 4 No. Apartments.	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/1495/LBC	8-10 Princess Street	Listed Building Consent for the formation of an internal doorway opening between ground floor King Edward Court and the adjoining premise at 8-10 Princess Street, including associated structural support, making good and installation of sliding door.	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/2681/FUL	Melchette Mere, Tatton Park	Installation of a wire stock fence with timber posts at Tatton park including 5no galvanised steel pedestrian gates, 2no vehicular gates and 1no cattlegrid	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/2627/HOUS	Foxclouds, 4 Beggarmans Lane	Side and rear extensions and internal alterations (resubmission of approved scheme ref. 23/1568M).	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/2691/HOUS	9 St Peters Avenue	Contemporary single storey rear extension and re-modelling.	The Town Council raises no objection, subject to neighbour comments.
26/2897/HOUS	Annex, Moseley Hall Lodge, 75 Chelford Road	Single storey side extension and roof alterations.	The Town Council raises no objection, but comments that the design proposed in 26/2896/CLPUD is more distinctive and retains the original character of the building when compared with this proposal
26/2896/CLPUD	Annex, Moseley Hall Lodge, 75 Chelford Road	Lawful Development Certificate for construction of new porch, rear extension and side extension.	The Town Council raises no objection, and comments that the design proposed in this application is more distinctive and retains the original character of the building when compared with the proposal under 26/2897/HOUS.
26/2676/TCA	27 St Johns Road	T1 – Maple – White on map – Remove deadwood and formative prune to create good shape T2 – Plum – Blue on map – Removal of selective stems to reduce garden overhang T3 – Pear – Red on map – Fell to ground level T4 – Pear – Pink on map – Fell to ground level as its damaging the wall	The Town Council raises no objection.
26/2778/TCA	33 Brook Street	T1-T8 – Row of 8 self seeded birch and alder – felled to ground level – see report T9 – Larch – felled to ground level – see report	The Town Council raises no objection.
26/2828/TCA	Craig House, 5 Tabley Road	Larch (T1) – Fell down to ground level.	The Town Council raises no objection.
26/2928/TPO	Legh Croft, 1A Molly Potts Close	Trimming of 3 oaks to front of house and 3 oaks to rear of 1a Molly Potts Close. Front 3 Oaks to be trimmed back to nolonger overhang road. Rear 3 oaks to have canopy trimmed to improve light and reduce risk to property . Branches overhanging rear garden to be reduced in line with grass verge.	The Town Council raises no objection.

 

8 PLANNING DECISIONS

To note the latest planning decisions.

26/1034/HOUS	1 Yewlands Drive	Proposed two storey side and single storey rear extension and associated alterations.	The council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments.	Approved With Conditions
26/2343/NMA	3 Holford Crescent	Non-material amendment on approval 25/3987/HOUS: Proposed single storey wrap round side and rear extension. Front extension to side of existing dwelling. Alteration to roof above porch from lean to roof to a small pitch over door.	The Town Council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments.	Approved With Conditions
26/2244/TCA	GRANGE COACH HOUSE Parkfield Road	Proposed tree work in conservation area. 1 Cypress and 2 Yew (too close to building and should have been felled years ago. No appropriate mitigation pruning available) – Fell.	The council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments.	Tree 6 week date expired (CA)
26/2228/TCA	Carpark Emmeline Northwich Road	T1 Sycamore – This tree is in obvious decline and is increasingly becoming a serious risk of harm for the residents of No.2 Racefield Road as well as the regular users of the residential carpark adjacent. Recent resurfacing work and relaying of the curb-stones closer to the tree have potentially accelerated decline by damaging the roots. – Proposal is complete removal leaving stump as close as possible to existing ground level and treated with EcoPlugs to prevent regenerative growth.	The council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments.	Tree 6 week date expired (CA)
26/1872/HOUS	35 Springwood Avenue	Double Storey Side Extension. Previously accepted – Re application	The Town Council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments.	Approved with conditions
26/2078/HOUS	54 Heron Close, Knutsford	Ground floor side extension. Garage conversion into study. Replacement of conservatory roof with insulated roof kit.	The council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments and that Network Rail are satisfied.	Approved with conditions
26/1765/HOUS	21 Old Market Place, Knutsford, Cheshire East, WA16 6EX	Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of two storey rear extension.	The council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments	Approved with conditions
26/1269/FUL	Ground Floor, King Edward Court	Proposed change of use from Class E (Office Use) to Sui Generis Use, to utilise the former officer space as community events / pop-up space at Ground Floor, King Edward Court. (Linked with 26/1495/LBC)	The council raises no objections, subject to the following requests, that the design of the door being changed to include glazing bars to match the proportions of the existing fenestration, and that any proposed operational use of the building does not exceed 23:00 hours.	Approved with conditions   Plans were amended to include glazing bars.   Condition limits time to 9pm Sunday to Friday and 11pm Saturday.
26/1495/LBC	Ground Floor, King Edward Court	Listed building consent for proposed change of use from Class E (Office Use) to Sui Generis Use, to utilise the former officer space as community events / pop-up space at Ground Floor, King Edward Court. (Linked with 26/1269/FUL)	The council raises no objections, subject to a request that the design of the door being changed to include glazing bars to match the proportions of the existing fenestration.	Approved With Conditions   See above
26/0176/DSC	Thrushes Mead Toft Road	Discharge of Conditions 5 and 8 on approval 24/4597/HOUS	The council raises no objection, but requests any biodiversity net gain is provided locally.	Approved
26/0175/DSC	Thrushes Mead Toft Road	Discharge of Conditions 3, 4, 9 and 12 on approval 24/4599/FUL	The council raises no objection, but requests any biodiversity net gain is provided locally.	Approved
26/2374/HOUS	170 Grove Park	Construction of rear and front single storey extensions and alteration of first floor bedroom window to front elevation.	The Town Council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments.	Approved With Conditions
26/2352/TCA	Unitarian Chapel, Adams Hill	T1. Common Lime Fell to ground T2. Turkey Oak Crown Reduce 1.5m, crown thin 10%	The Town Council raises no objections, but requests a replacement tree is planted.	Tree 6 week date expired (CA)
26/2247/TPO	KIRKBECK, 7 Leycester Road	1 x Mature Beech: Request to crown reduce by 1.5m and crown lift over property up to 5m to maintain a healthy shape	The council raises no objections, subject to neighbour comments.	Consent for wrks in TPO with conditions
26/0530/HOUS	15 Leycester Road	Installation of replacement timber gates, new buff natural stone piers at the existing access point; enlarging the existing security hut inside the replacement entrance gates.	The council OBJECTS to the proposal on the grounds gate piers as they are incongruous, the existing timber arched gate will be replaced with a gate of less character which impacts the view through to the gardens and therefore detrimentally impact the sylvan setting, and the security building presents no architectural merit nor does it complement the street scene, therefore detrimentally affecting the Legh Road Conservation Area.	Approved With Conditions   Officer’s report notes that much of the lodge extension  would be screened by existing planting and noted the Conservation Officer raised no concern about it. The design of the gate piers as amended during the process and the Conservation Officer was satisfied.
26/0509/HOUS	White Lodge, 11 Leycester Road	Relocation and widening of existing gate piers, installation of new timber gates and buff stone piers, replacement of existing metal railings with new 1.8m railings, with dedicated pedestrian entrance next to new gates.	The council OBJECTS to the proposed gate piers as they are incongruous, and the solid timber gates as these impact the view through to the gardens and therefore detrimentally impact the sylvan setting of the Legh Road Conservation Area.	Approved With Conditions   The Officer’s report notes that revised plans were submitted. The approved plan is still for a sold timber fence.

 

9 CHESHIRE EAST LOCAL PLAN

To note the council’s submission to the Cheshire East Local Plan Scoping Consultation

To note the timetable for developing a new Local Plan

To consider how to lead Knutsford’s input into the new Local Plan

Attachments (2) – Report PL-26-02 Cheshire East Local Plan and Submitted Response to Local Plan Scoping Consultation

 

10 PLANNING ENFORCEMENT LOG

To review the planning enforcement log

Attachment – Planning Enforcement Log

11 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be held on 28^th September 2026 at 6pm.