CH2 3DB Cheshire West and Chester
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Newton & Hoole. Region: North West.
Streets
- Phillip Street, Chester: 18 addresses
- Unnamed street near Phillip Street, Hoole: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Phillip Street, Hoole: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Cheshire West and Chester in 2026-27: Band D £2,517 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,678 | £1,958 | £2,238 | £2,517 | £3,077 | £3,636 | £4,196 | £5,035 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (56% of about 950 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land off Lightfoot Street, Hoole Road (Lightfoot Street East), Hoole: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (80 m)
- Charterhall House, Charterhall Drive, Chester, CH88 3AN: up to 176 homes, permissioned (220 m)
- Land at Charterhall Drive, Chester: up to 56 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- Land at Premier House (Phases 8 and 9), Charterhall Drive, Chester: up to 133 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- Land off Lightfoot Street, Hoole Road (Lightfoot Street West), Hoole: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (350 m)
- Former car sales garage, land at Hoole Bridge, Hoole Road, Hoole, Chester: up to 18 homes, not permissioned (490 m)
- The Cloud, 10 Boughton, Chester, CH3 5BH: up to 8 homes, permissioned (620 m)
- Land off Hoole Way/Black Diamond Street, Chester: up to 13 homes, not permissioned (670 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 8 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Phillip Street.