29 Stanley Street, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1EZ Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 2025/01070/LBC
Date received
week of 18 Aug 2025
Decision date
week of 22 Sept 2025
Postcode
WA1 1EZ
Leaseholder

Description

Removal of existing partition at apartment no.5 and no.9 to form two open plan accommodations. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Warrington Development Management Committee on 18 Sept 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because removing modern partitions would restore part of the original layout and benefit the listed building.
  • No public or ward-councillor objections were received, while consultees raised no objections.
  • The committee granted the application with conditions in line with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, listed-building assessment, consultation responses, officer advice and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Warrington's committee minutes of 18 Sept 2025.

Site constraints 5

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 25,27 and 29, Stanley Street, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 6 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.
Show all 6 with distances
Historic England ↗
Palmyra Square 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 ↗
Air quality management area: Warrington AQMA 4 2016
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Inside the Warrington built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £220,000 in May 2022. Detached house, freehold.

4 May 2022£220,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
28 April 2006£300,000

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

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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
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.

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.