Overview

Bunbury Parish Council is a consultee for local planning applications.

This means that Cheshire East Council, the Local Planning Authority, sends details of planning applications made within the parish to the Parish Council and invites the Council to submit comments on those applications. Some types of planning application, mainly agricultural, do not require the Parish Council to be consulted.

Planning permission is ultimately granted or refused by Cheshire East Council, not the Parish Council. Any individual or organisation may object to or support an application.

To view a particular planning application, please visit Cheshire East Council's Planning Portal . There you can view current and past planning applications. If you do not have the details of the property you are interested in, enter the keyword Bunbury and select search to view the results.

Thinking About Building Or Tree Works?

It is worth checking your planning position before starting any work. If structures or landscape features are altered without the proper permission or consent, you may be required to remove unauthorised work or reinstate what was there previously. In some cases, enforcement action or prosecution may also follow.

As much of Bunbury falls within a Conservation Area, additional restrictions apply. This means permission may be required for works that might otherwise be allowed automatically elsewhere.

Neighbourhood Plan

The Neighbourhood Plan was approved in 2016. It has since been reviewed and updated, and a revised version was issued for consultation with residents. Due to changes in legislation, the review process is currently on hold. Further work will be carried out in due course. For more information, please visit the Neighbourhood Plan page.

Cheshire East Local Plan

The Cheshire East Local Plan was adopted in July 2017. It is an important planning document and works alongside the Neighbourhood Plan to help guide development in the area. You can read more on the Cheshire East Local Plan page .

Cheshire East Council is now working on a new plan, and initial consultation papers have been issued. The Parish Council has considered its response with reference to the relevant briefing paper, and the recommendations within it were accepted for use in forming the Council's initial response to Cheshire East Council.