BENTS GARDEN CENTRE Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 2025/01386/DISCON
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises
Council
Warrington 5.5/10
Date received
week of 29 Sept 2025
Postcode
WA3 5NT

Description

Discharge of Conditions 11 (Lighting) on planning approval (Erection of a temporary seasonal lighting trail along with the creation of a permanent pedestrian pathway and refreshments hut) Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Glazebury built-up area; Green belt about 25 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; 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
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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1 Sept 2026Approved

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Nearby new applications

1 Sept 2026Approved

471, LEIGH END Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NS

Single storey rear extension

2026/01150/CLDP
2 Jul 2026Approved

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Historical activity at this location

16 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Discharge of statutory Biodiversity Net Gain condition and conditions 12 (CEMP) ,14 (Badg…
2025/01084/DISCON
2025
Temporary Christmas Light Trail
2025/00239/FULM
2022 Approved
Application to conisder Conitions 2 (Travel Plan) & 3 (cycle parking) as per approval 202…
2022/40823
2021 Approved
Variation of Condition 9 (Opening Hours) to extend the hours of opening of the centre on…
2021/40147
2021 Refused
Discharge of Condition - Proposed discharge of condition 13 (Landscaping Plan) attached t…
2021/39218
2021 Refused
Discharge of Condition - Proposed discharge of condition 3 (Materials) Condition 6 (Flood…
2021/38943
2020 Approved
Variation of Condition application - Variation of opening hours for Temporary consent (to…
2020/37748
2018 Approved
Full Planning (Major)- Proposed extension and remodelling of garden centre (including the…
A/18/85723/NLA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
N/a, Bents Garden Centre Ltd, Glazebury, Warrington, Wa3 5pb,
Full Planning - Proposed removal of existing 15m monopole and 3no antennas to be replaced…
2021/39656
2018 Approved
Bents Garden Centre, Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT
Full Planning (Major)- Proposed extension and remodelling of garden centre (including the…
2018/32822
2017 Approved
Bents Garden Centre, Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT
Full Planning - Proposed hand car wash facility including canopy and timber shed - for a…
2017/30163
2016 Approved
487, WARRINGTON ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA3 5NP
42 Day Householder Prior Approval - Proposed single storey to the rear of the property fo…
2016/29367
2017 Approved
16 Hesnall Close, Culcheth And Glazebury, Warrington, WA3 5PB
Householder - Proposed single storey extension to form additional kitchen and dining room…
2017/29854
2016 Approved
Bents Garden Centre, Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT
Full planning application: Proposed change of use from birds of prey centre and re-develo…
2016/29468
2016 Approved
Bents Garden Centre, Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT
Advertisement - Proposed internally illuminated double sided totem sign x 2
2016/27955
2016 Approved
Bents Garden Centre, Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT
Advertisement - Proposed addition of HALO illumination to previously approved signage.
2016/27738
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings