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Moss Bank Energy Park, Land At Widnes Waterfront Bounded By Earle Road, Tan House Lane, Moss Bank Road, Gorsey Lane, Johnson's Lane; North Of St Helens Canal And Warrington & Stockport Railway Line At Moss Bank, Widnes, WA8 0GY

2026/00602/ADJAAdjacent AuthorityAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion for BESS and data centre on sites 4 and 5

Received
6 May 2026
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Moss Bank Energy Park, Land At Widnes Waterfront Bounded By Earle Road, Tan House Lane, Moss Bank Road, Gorsey Lane, Johnson's Lane; North Of St Helens Canal And Warrington & Stockport Railway Line At Moss Bank, Widnes, WA8 0GY. Warrington has handled 12,102 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 214 applications in total for the WA8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WA8 0GY
Application type
Adjacent Authority

Planning application dates

Validated
6 May 2026
Consultation expiry
27 May 2026
Consultation end
27 May 2026

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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