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56 Penketh Road, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 2TA

2023/00525/HPAPrior Approval - Householder Rear ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 24 May 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval is not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed rear extension to extend beyond the rear wall by 5.20m , height of 3.40m and height of the eaves to be 3.40m

Received
21 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Sankey South
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 56 Penketh Road, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 2TA. Warrington has handled 1,082 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Warrington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Great Sankey South. We hold 297 applications in total for the WA5 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
WA5 2TA
Application type
Prior Approval - Householder Rear Extension
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Sankey

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2023
Consultation expiry
16 May 2023
Consultation end
16 May 2023
Application expires
2 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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 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.

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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