Warrington planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Warrington Borough Council, updated daily. Warrington Borough Council received 357 planning applications in the last 90 days, 13 of them major schemes.
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Recent applications in Warrington
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The Challenge Academy Trust, PENKETH HIGH SCHOOL Heath Road, Penketh, Warrington, WA5 2BY
New secondary school replacing existing buildings, Penketh, Warrington, at full major application stage. Demolition precedes a new secondary block with sports facilities, parking and site infrastructure. Demolition, groundworks, structural frame and M&E packages open first, then hard landscaping…
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
Land Off Waterloo Meadow, Lymm, Warrington
Nine-dwelling permission in principle scheme, Lymm, Warrington. Up to nine new homes on land off Waterloo Meadow, fixing the principle of development before detailed design. Groundworks, drainage and brickwork packages open to local subcontractors once detailed consent follows.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Land Between 20 And 26 Birtles Road, Orford, Warrington, WA2 9AG
Two-home semi-detached scheme, Orford Warrington, reserved matters stage. Pair of semi-detached homes on land between 20 and 26 Birtles Road, fixing access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and drainage packages are open now, with frontage hard landscaping…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Land At Pepper Street, Lymm, Warrington
9-dwelling permission in principle scheme, Lymm, outline stage. Up to nine new homes on a Pepper Street site, at principle-only stage before detailed design. Groundworks, drainage and brickwork packages are the likely early opportunities for local subcontractors once technical details follow.
GroundworksDrainageBrickwork
223 Higher Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Lymm, WA13 0RN
Up to three-dwelling replacement scheme, Lymm, permission in principle stage. Seeks principle approval to demolish one existing house on Higher Lane and build up to three new dwellings, with full details to follow. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and drainage packages will follow once detailed…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
ILLUMINATI NIGHTS St Austins Lane, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1HE
Former nightclub split into supermarket and restaurant, Warrington, full application. Converts part of the ground floor to an E(a) supermarket, with the rest as an E(b) restaurant. Partitioning, fit-out and M&E services are open to local shopfitters and fit-out contractors.
Fit-outM&EJoinery
KENYON FARM Heath Lane, Croft, Warrington, WA3 7DR
Single-dwelling technical details consent, Croft, Warrington. Confirms the detailed design for one new house on Kenyon Farm following a permission in principle, granting full permission to build. Groundworks, utilities connections, drainage and boundary brickwork are the packages open to local…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Heathfield Residential Home, 20 - 22 Alexandra Road, Grappenhall And Thelwall, Warrington, WA4 2EL
Care home extension adding six bedrooms, Warrington. Ground and first floor extensions plus an enlarged lounge at Heathfield Residential Home, at full planning stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and steel over new openings lead the packages, with M&E and en-suite fit-out following for local…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
PARTRIDGE LAKES FISHERY Glaziers Lane, WA3 4AQ
20m lattice telecoms mast prior approval, Warrington fishery site. Proposes a 20m lattice tower with six antennas, three dishes and three cabinets, fenced, at Partridge Lakes Fishery. Steel tower supply, base groundworks and cabinet power connections suit steel and groundworks subcontractors.
GroundworksSteelM&E
The Livery Stables, Lymm Road, Thelwall, Warrington, WA4 2TG
Eight-dwelling Thelwall scheme varied for solar PV and glazing. Variation of approved plans on a consented demolition and eight-dwelling redevelopment, now at amendment stage. Solar PV installers and glazing suppliers can bid on roof panels and front entrance screens added to the scheme.
RenewablesGlazing
35 Warren Road, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 5AG
Bungalow loft conversion with ridge raise, Appleton, Warrington. Adds two bedrooms and a shower room within a raised roof at full householder stage. Roof steelwork, roofing, joinery and shower-room drainage are the packages to target locally.
RoofingSteelJoinery
17 Coniston Avenue, Penketh, Warrington, WA5 2QY
Two-storey side and rear extension, Penketh, Warrington. Adds a two-storey side extension, part two-storey rear extension and a new front entrance to an existing house at full householder stage. Brickwork, roof framing, steel over new openings and entrance glazing are the packages for local…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
24 Salisbury Street, Fairfield And Howley, Warrington, WA1 3AS
Rear extension and outbuilding householder scheme, Warrington, full application. Single-storey rear extension and a new outbuilding at a Warrington house, lifting bedrooms to nine at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, groundworks and joinery for the extension, plus the outbuilding base…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
11A Burford Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Lymm, WA13 0SG
Two-storey side and rear extension scheme, Lymm, full householder application. Demolishes annex, conservatory, double garage and outbuilding before adding two-storey extensions with integral garage to 11A Burford Lane. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing suit local trades, with steel…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
5 Westcliff Gardens, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 5FQ
Householder extensions and garage link, Warrington, full planning stage. Two-storey front, single-storey rear and side extensions, plus a link joining an Appleton house to its garage. Brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local subcontractors, with steel over the new openings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Planning appeals in Warrington Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Warrington Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Warrington Borough Council, raw rate
32.4%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.2%
national rates applied to this caseload
2.2 percentage points above expected. Warrington Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
552 appeals counted, 524 judged either way (170 allowed, 354 dismissed), 28 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 33.5% | 28.8% | 227 | 221 | 74 |
| Householder (HAS) | 35.4% | 35.6% | 200 | 195 | 69 |
| Enforcement Notice | 8.5% | 13.5% | 67 | 59 | 5 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 53.3% | 36.9% | 15 | 15 | 8 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 45.5% | 36% | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 30% | 33.3% | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 80% | 20.6% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
6 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Called In Planning Application | Too few judged | 72.4% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | None judged | Not published | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Section 106 Agreement | Too few judged | 39.8% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Warrington Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Warrington Borough Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent45 homes
- Affordable rent29 homes
- Shared ownership43 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Warrington Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder89% (53 decided)
- other68% (28 decided)
- residential50% (8 decided)
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