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M Barber, 123 Bridge Street, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 2HS

2020/36922Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 2 September 2020

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Full Planning - Change of use from retail to residential unit (first & 2nd floor only) with ground floor use to remain as retail

Received
28 April 2020
Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at M Barber, 123 Bridge Street, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 2HS. Warrington has handled 7,181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Warrington's typical decision time. The site is in the Bridge Street conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Bewsey and Whitecross. We hold 481 applications in total for the WA1 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
WA1 2HS
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
UNPARISHED AREA

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
J J White, Architect, 39 Mersey Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 6AG

Additional information

Documents
14

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)
  • Conservation area: Bridge Street
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bridge Street, Warrington Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Former Packet Hse PH, Bridge Street, Warrington, WA1 2RURegister site at or near this address

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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Warrington

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