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THE FORMER UTILITIES PUMPING STATION SITE, Broad Lane, Collins Green, Warrington, WA5 4AE

2023/00029/FULFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

THE CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FOR USE AS A PART FAMILY TRAVELLER SITE (3 TRAILER CARAVANS and 1 STATIC Caravan with 4no. AMENITY BLOCKS) AND PART TRANSIT SITE (3 TRAILER CARAVANS with 3no. AMENITY Blocks), ALONG WITH THE KEEPING OF HORSES LANDSCAPING WITH ACCESS OFF BROAD LANE, FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE PUMPING STATION BUILDING, CONCRETE HARDSTANDING’S, STORAGE SHEDS WASTE MATERIAL AND ASSOCIATED COMMERCIAL PARAPHERNALIA

Received
8 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burtonwood and Winwick
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at THE FORMER UTILITIES PUMPING STATION SITE, Broad Lane, Collins Green, Warrington, WA5 4AE. Warrington has handled 7,181 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 January 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Burtonwood and Winwick. We hold 297 applications in total for the WA5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
WA5 4AE
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Burtonwood and Westbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2023
Consultation expiry
24 April 2024
Consultation end
24 April 2024
Application expires
20 September 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Refused
Statutory period
239 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 February 2023

Appeal history

3347543
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 29 November 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Warrington
  • Flood zone 1: Low 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Warrington

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