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Citytool Hire, 15 Chesford Grange, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4RQ

2023/01043/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Change of use from a used truck sales business (Sui Generis) to Use Class B2/B8/E(g)(iii)

Received
23 August 2023
Ward
Rixton and Woolston
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Citytool Hire, 15 Chesford Grange, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4RQ. Warrington has handled 7,181 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 August 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Rixton and Woolston. 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 4RQ
Application type
Full Planning
Parish
Woolston

Planning application dates

Validated
23 August 2023
Consultation expiry
20 September 2023
Consultation end
20 September 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Granted

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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