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The Old Kings Head, Chestergate, Macclesfield, SK11

Land size
0.37 acres

Key Features

  • Prime location with Macclesfield Town Centre
  • Planning consent for 45 apartments and ground floor retail
  • Upper floors provide exceptional views across to the Peak District
  • Immediate location has an abundance of high quality amenity.
  • Estimated Gross Development Value of £11.75m

Description

Central Macclesfield, residential and commercial development opportunity with planning permission.

A unique opportunity to purchase a town centre building plot with full planning approval (21/3146M) for a 4 storey building to create 45 one and two bedroom apartments. The building plot also includes 410 sq m of ground floor retail space. (Ground floor Commercial / Retail units to be flexible uses within class E)*. There is no 106 agreement payable and 2 units in total to be affordable units.

The plot is approximately 70m in length and 30m in width (0.15 ha) adjoining two major town centre roads. Bordering the Eastern boundary of the site, Churchill Way is a busy thoroughfare constructed as an inner ring road and is the major arterial route in and out of the Town Centre. Chestergate to the Southern boundary is one of the historic routes into the town. At the Eastern end of Chestergate is the Town Hall. The section of shops and outlets between the Town Hall and the site on Churchill Way is a very important commercial and retail street.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Parkroyal Community School484 metresOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    411
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bollinbrook CofE (A) Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    107
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Puss Bank School and Nursery0.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    409
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    84
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England/Roman Catholic
  • Hurdsfield Community Primary School and Nursery0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    178
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Tytherington School961 metresOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,421
    Type
    Academy converter
  • All Hallows Catholic College0.6 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,216
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • The Macclesfield Academy0.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    614
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Fallibroome Academy1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,532
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Poynton High School5.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,467
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Asda Macclesfield Express Petrol, Macclesfield81 metres
Tesco Macclesfield Superstore, Macclesfield250 metres
Cook Macclesfield, Macclesfield312 metres

GP surgery

High Street Surgery504 metres

Pharmacy

Boots154 metres

Hospital

Spire Regency Hospital636 metres

Green space

Playing Field360 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Macclesfield Rail Station464 metres

Nearest bus stop

King Edward Street32 metres

Typical drive times

Poynton12 min · 7.1 miles
Wilmslow15 min · 7.7 miles
Bollington8 min · 3.9 miles
Macclesfield2 min · 0.4 miles
Manchester (city)35 min · 20 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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