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24 Freshwater Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3PU

2026/01113/CLDPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Refused

Refused on 5 October 2026

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

Proposal

Partial Garage Conversion

Received (week of)
17 August 2026
Ward
Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 24 Freshwater Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3PU. Warrington has handled 20 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall. We hold 297 applications in total for the WA5 postcode area.

94% of certificate of lawfulness (proposed) 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
WA5 3PU
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Oct

    Conversion of an existing garage

    ApprovedHouseholder2026/01369/FULH

Source: Warrington

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