Wild Wings Birds Of Prey, Taylor Business Park, New Hall Lane, Risley, Warrington, WA3 6BH Data via plota.co.uk

2026/00793/FULM - Full Planning (Major) Pending Consideration

Proposal

Retention of Temporary Planning Permission for Rescue, Conservation & Education Centre for Birds of Prey with associated education facilities and new access from New Hall Lane for a temporary period of 5 years. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
week of 28 Sept 2026
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Validated
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Nov 2026 and 6 Dec 2026, from Warrington's recent community buildings.

Comments are open until 27 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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 (Major)
Postcode
WA3 6BH
Received
week of 28 Sept 2026
Validated
30 Sept 2026
Ward
Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
Parish
Croft
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Warrington usually decides community buildings by day 66.

Day 957 days to the predicted decision (day 66)
45%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
5%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
27 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Dec 2026
Warrington
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#122 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.