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Bents Garden Centre, Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT

2016/29468Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2017

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Full planning application: Proposed change of use from birds of prey centre and re-development to comprise an 18 hole themed, miniature golf course (with dinosaur and other models) new fencing; decorative planting; rock walls; waterfall; stream; pond. use of existing timber building for a ticket office and shop; and removal of other existing timber buildings and bird enclosures, concrete bases and 2 metre high close boarded fence.

Received
13 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bents Garden Centre, Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Warrington, WA3 5NT. Warrington has handled 7,181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Warrington's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft. We hold 2,776 applications in total for the WA3 postcode area.

82% of full applications at Warrington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WA3 5NT
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Culcheth and Glazebury

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2017
Application expires
31 March 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Westerlea, Cadhay Lane, Ottery ST. Mary, Devon, EX11 1QZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Additional information

Documents
55

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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