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Land at Fowl Farm, off Mowcroft Lane, Cuerdley, Warrington

2025/00961/FULMFull Planning (Major)Refused
Full

Refused

Proposal

The construction and operation of a ground mounted solar farm with associated infrastructure

Received
10 July 2025
Ward
Penketh and Cuerdley
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land at Fowl Farm, off Mowcroft Lane, Cuerdley, Warrington. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Penketh and Cuerdley.

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

Application type
Full Planning (Major)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cuerdley

Planning application dates

Validated
10 July 2025
Consultation expiry
9 October 2025
Consultation end
9 October 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Refused

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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