Fiddlers Ferry Power Station Widnes Road, Warrington, WA5 2UT

2023/00392/EAEnvironmental Assessment ApplicationAwaiting decision

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

Proposal

Proposed phased development comprising the construction of units for general industrial (Use Class B2) and/or storage or distribution (Use Class B8) uses, together with ancillary offices (Use Class E(g)(i)), and associated service yards, parking, landscaping and infrastructure, with access from Widnes Road .

Received: 24 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Warrington Borough Council
Ward: Penketh and Cuerdley

ReceivedReceived24 Mar
ValidatedValidated24 Mar
Consult.Consultation25 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Fiddlers Ferry Power Station Widnes Road, Warrington, WA5 2UT. Warrington has handled 12,086 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 March 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Penketh and Cuerdley. We hold 297 applications in total for the WA5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WA5 2UT
Application type: Environmental Assessment Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Cuerdley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 25 November 2024
Consultation end: 25 November 2024
Application expires: 23 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 26 May 2023

Additional information

Documents: 139

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (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.

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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.

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

Source: Warrington

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