25 + 27 Stanley Street, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1EZ Data via plota.co.uk

2025/01069/FUL - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jul 2025
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Validated
14 Aug 2025
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Approved
26 Oct 2026

Approved on 26 Oct 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 27 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Warrington Development Management Committee on 15 Oct 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the supported living scheme would meet a need without unacceptable character, amenity, highway, heritage or flood-risk harm.
  • No public or ward councillor representations were received, while consultees raised no objections subject to conditions.
  • The committee approved the application with conditions in line with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public representations and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Warrington's committee minutes of 15 Oct 2025.

Documents 29

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Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: 25,27 and 29, Stanley Street
List entry 1310053 · 18 m away · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Palmyra Square conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers and the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Air quality management area: Warrington AQMA 4 2016
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Warrington built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Warrington
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
WA1 1EZ
Received
30 Jul 2025
Validated
14 Aug 2025
Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Oct 2026
Decision
Approved subj. to Section 106 Agreement
Decision date
26 Oct 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Whiteleyeaves Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 438 days from validation, 379 days slower than Warrington's median of 59 for full applications. Approved, as 78% of full applications here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Warrington in the last twelve months, from validation. Warrington decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
23 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
30 Oct 2026
Warrington
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#122 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Warrington is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #72 out of 296. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Warrington is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 80% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 80% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Warrington decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
79%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #267 of 296
80%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #279 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #72 of 296
29%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #51 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
77 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
45 decided
883
Total decisions
188 refused in the year to March 2026