Lymm Heritage Centre, LYMM HERITAGE CENTRE Legh Street, Lymm, Warrington, Lymm, WA13 0DA Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 2025/00981/FUL
Date received
week of 14 Jul 2025
Decision date
week of 10 Nov 2025
Postcode
WA13 0DA

Description

new level access ramp and improved stepped approach Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Warrington Development Management Committee on 6 Nov 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers recommended approval because the ramp would improve access without harming residential or visual amenity or the conservation area.
  • Seven representations supported improved access, while one objected over use of land near the Saddlers Arms.
  • The committee approved the application with conditions, following the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Warrington's committee minutes of 6 Nov 2025.

Site constraints 7

Lymm 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 ↗
10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 16, Bridgewater Street, Grade II, about 37 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Scheduled monument about 224 m away: Two cockpits 125m west of Lymm Hall; Inside the Lymm built-up area; Priority habitat about 47 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 · Not green belt

Checked on 26 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.

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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
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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