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Cheshire Dogs Home, 225 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall And Thelwall, Warrington, WA4 3JZ

2025/01807/FULFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Change of use from existing dog grooming parlour (Sui Generis) to cafe (E), with retention of kennels and dog care space in other parts of the building.

Received
23 December 2025
Ward
Lymm North and Thelwall
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Cheshire Dogs Home, 225 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall And Thelwall, Warrington, WA4 3JZ. Warrington has handled 7,181 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Lymm North and Thelwall. We hold 6,061 applications in total for the WA4 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
WA4 3JZ
Application type
Full Planning
Parish
Grappenhall and Thelwall

Planning application dates

Validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation end
18 February 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.

  • Green belt: Warrington
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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