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The Enza Building (formerly Known As The Mercedes Benz - Roanza Truck & Van Dealership) Leacroft Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6NN

2025/01364/DEMPrior Approval (Demolition)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and Granted

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing building

Received
29 September 2025
Ward
Birchwood
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Enza Building (formerly Known As The Mercedes Benz - Roanza Truck & Van Dealership) Leacroft Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6NN. Warrington has handled 1,082 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Birchwood. We hold 2,779 applications in total for the WA3 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
WA3 6NN
Application type
Prior Approval (Demolition)
Parish
Birchwood

Planning application dates

Validated
29 September 2025
Consultation expiry
20 October 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Prior Approval is Required and 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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