Concentric Business Park Concentric Business Park, Warrington Road, Warrington , WA3 6WX Data via plota.co.uk

2026/00781/FUL - Full Planning Approved

Proposal

Change of use of an existing stand alone communal cycle shelter (Sui Generis) to a storage unit (Use Class B8) and associated changes to existing ancillary buildings for the storage of refuse, recycling and cycles (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

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. 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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Public footpath about 6 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
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; 2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 15 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 6 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
Postcode
WA3 6WX
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Birchwood
Parish
Birchwood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
9 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
WSP

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 28 days slower than Warrington's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 74% of changes of use here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Warrington in the last twelve months, from validation. Warrington decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Sept 2026
Warrington
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#122 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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