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Former University Of Chester Padgate Campus Crab Lane, Poulton-with-fearnhead, Warrington, WA2 0DB

2025/00952/FULMFull Planning (Major)Awaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Full Planning Application for the demolition of existing buildings and sports facilities and erection of a residential development of 399 dwellings, inclusive of 2 no. self build plots (Use Class C3) with vehicular access off Crab Lane and Fearnhead Lane, and associated landscaping, public open space, and infrastructure (including primary sub-station)

Received
10 July 2025
Ward
Poulton North
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former University Of Chester Padgate Campus Crab Lane, Poulton-with-fearnhead, Warrington, WA2 0DB. Warrington has handled 7,181 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Poulton North. We hold 171 applications in total for the WA2 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
WA2 0DB
Application type
Full Planning (Major)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
399
Parish
Poulton with Fearnhead

Planning application dates

Validated
10 July 2025
Consultation expiry
12 January 2026
Consultation end
12 January 2026

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.

Associated applications

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    Full Planning Application for the demolition of existing buildings and sports facilities and erection of a…

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  2. 2025
    10 Jul

    Screening Opinion for Full Planning Application for the demolition of existing buildings and sports…

    ApprovedScreening OpinionFiled alongside2025/01202/SCR

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