Castle Green Homes will have to wait another six months for a verdict on its 330-home project in Warrington. Credit: via planning documents

Warrington votes in favour of Castle Green’s 330 homes

19 January 2026 11:44 Julia Hatmaker Comments (0)

However, a holding direction from the Department for Transport means that a formal decision cannot be issued for another six months.

Warrington Council’s development management committee members said they were minded to approve Castle Green Homes’ scheme to build 330 homes on 50 acres bordered by the Bridgewater Canal and the Trans Pennine Trail.

Situated on a former Green Belt site at Thelwall Heyes, the project would see the building of 99 affordable homes as part of the 330 promised – these would comprise 66 for either affordable or social rent and 33 for affordable home ownership.

Looking at the entire housing catalogue, there would be eight one-bedroom properties, 61 two-bedroom residences, 74 three-bedroom ones, and 88 with four or more bedrooms. These would range from terraced houses to semi-detached to detached homes.

Castle Green had initially wanted to build 340 homes on the site – which has a minimum allocation for 300 homes in Warrington’s local plan. However, the housebuilder reduced that number to 330.

The project team includes Shape Engineering, Escape Urbanists, and Turley.

You can learn more about the application by searching reference 2025/00444/FULM on Warrington Council’s planning portal.

The same Warrington Council meeting also saw unanimous approval to build two 100-seater stands at Warrington Football Club’s Cantilever Park Football Stadium. The stands do not increase the grounds’ capacity beyond the current 3,000 level as they will be built on an area where spectators currently stand. This application, which Groves Town Planning led on, can be viewed by searching 2025/01210/FULM on Warrington Council’s planning portal.