167 Gorsey Lane, Fairfield And Howley, Warrington, WA2 7RX

2025/01672/CLDPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Proposed Change of use from Single Family Dwelling (Use Class C3) to 4 bedroom (maximum 6 persons) HMO (Use Class C4)

Received: 28 November 2025
Council: Warrington Borough Council
Ward: Fairfield and Howley

ReceivedReceived28 Nov
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation6 Jan
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 167 Gorsey Lane, Fairfield And Howley, Warrington, WA2 7RX. Warrington has handled 1,082 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Fairfield and Howley. We hold 171 applications in total for the WA2 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: WA2 7RX
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)

Planning application dates

Validated: 28 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 6 January 2026
Consultation end: 6 January 2026

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 2: Medium 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.

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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