CANAL BANK FARM Canal Side, Grappenhall And Thelwall, Warrington, WA4 3EX Data via plota.co.uk

2025/01711/FUL - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Erection of replacement stable block and store (for the keeping of donkeys, ponies and horses), construction of midden, and reconfiguration/surfacing of existing track with permeable hard surface. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
week of 1 Dec 2025
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Validated
5 Dec 2025
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Approved
week of 4 May 2026

Approved in the week of 4 May 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 26

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
Grappenhall Village 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 ↗
Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Warrington built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,200,000 in March 2022. Other property, freehold.

11 March 2022£1,200,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Warrington
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
WA4 3EX
Received
week of 1 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Dec 2025
Ward
Grappenhall
Parish
Grappenhall and Thelwall
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 May 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
week of 4 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Green Belt Experts

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
13 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
8 May 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.