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Sortimo, Warrington, WA4 4RB

2026/00261/PA14JPart 14 (Class J) Prior ApprovalAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of roof mounted Solar PV

Received
25 February 2026
Ward
Grappenhall
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Sortimo, Warrington, WA4 4RB. Warrington has handled 1,082 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 February 2026 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 93 applications across Grappenhall. We hold 6,061 applications in total for the WA4 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
WA4 4RB
Application type
Part 14 (Class J) Prior Approval
Parish
Appleton

Planning application dates

Validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
23 March 2026
Consultation end
23 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, 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.

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