1 Widnes Road, Warrington, WA5 2UW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Retrospective Application for redevelopment of an existing storage building into an internal sports court and the development of two new external, floodlit padel courts to the west of the storage building, including an additional 10no. parking spaces (net gain of 7 spaces within the site). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved in the week of 19 Jan 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026
Documents 16
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 11
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
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
- WA5 2UW
- Received
- week of 17 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 19 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Penketh and Cuerdley
- Parish
- Cuerdley
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- week of 19 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Falconer Chester Hall Ltd
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 30 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Jan 2026
Historical activity at this location
4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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.
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