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Vintage Viola, 10a Old Market Place, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1QB

2024/01455/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved

Council decision: Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use application for a Change from sole retail use (Class E) to use for Cultural events (Sui Generis) to form a temporary facility for Culture Warrington.

Received
20 November 2024
Ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Vintage Viola, 10a Old Market Place, Bewsey And Whitecross, Warrington, WA1 1QB. Warrington has handled 7,181 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Bewsey and Whitecross. 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 1QB
Application type
Full Planning

Planning application dates

Validated
20 November 2024
Consultation expiry
16 December 2024
Consultation end
16 December 2024

Planning decision

Decision
Granted

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bridge StreetPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 13, Market PlaceOn this site · +12 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bridge Street, Warrington Town CentrePart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Garven Place Clinic, Legh Street, Warrington, WA1 1UQRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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© 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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