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Building To The Rear Of The Former Harry Fairclough Site, Howley Lane, Warrington, Wa1 2dn, Howley Lane, Warrington, Wa1 2dn

2021/39694DemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 July 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval is Given with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Demolition of Buildings.

Received
1 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fairfield and Howley
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Building To The Rear Of The Former Harry Fairclough Site, Howley Lane, Warrington, Wa1 2dn, Howley Lane, Warrington, Wa1 2dn,. Warrington has handled 38 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Warrington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Fairfield and Howley. We hold 481 applications in total for the WA1 postcode area.

85% of all 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 2DN
Application type
Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
UNPARISHED AREA

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2021
Application expires
28 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Zerum, 4 Jordan Street, Manchester, M15 4PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: Harry Fairclough, Howley Lane, Howley, Warrington, WA1 2DNRegister 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 (21)

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 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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