Planning permission in Warrington
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Warrington. The rules are stricter in its 16 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Warrington at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 16
- Article 4 areas
- Not published
- Protected landscapes
- None
- Planning decisions
- Warrington Borough Council
How many conservation areas are there in Warrington?
Warrington has 16 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Ackers Road and Marlborough Crescent, Stockton Heath
- Bewsey Street
- Bridge Street
- Buttermarket Street
- Church Street
- Culcheth (Newchurch)
- Grappenhall Village
- Greenalls Brewery
- London Road and Grappenhall Road, Stockton Heath
- Lymm
- Palmyra Square
- Thelwall Village
- Town Hall
- Victoria Road and York Drive, Grappenhall
- Walton Village
- Winwick Street
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Warrington have Article 4 directions?
Warrington hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Warrington in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- There is green belt in or bordering Warrington. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Warrington
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Warrington doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Warrington doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Warrington publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 16 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Warrington? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Warrington Borough Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 31 October 2026. Warrington Borough Council website.