Warrington votes in favour of Castle Green’s 330 homes
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.
Probably need to ensure Northern Powerhouse construction access.
By Gum
Cant understand why people would choose to live in Warrington. Estate after estate being built. Always reminds me of that song by Pete Seeger ‘Little boxes, little boxes all made out of ——-, ——- and they all look just the same’
By Peter Chapman
Goodbye greenbelt
By Sid
Hospital capacity?
By Jinnie
Is there some particular reason that the same developers, deliver the same limited house styles, in the same urban spread, with few real options regarding sustainability and local aesthetic? Why are they so uninteresting?
By Smiffie
@Smiffie Laziness and the profit motive. Two key things which define our broken housing system. Repeated governments have failed to address it properly. Don’t hold your breath on it changing.
By Green Belt Ben
Iam absolutely gutted that building on Thelwall Heyes has got the go ahead, it seems to me since Labour has been elected it has become a free for all for house builders to develop greenbelt with none or little opposition. When does this Warrington Borough Council think they’ve built enough houses answer is when not one blade of grass is left.This council is hell bent on every on pushing through every new development possible I am 69 Warrington born & bred & thinking of leaving the area because slowly but surely its being destroyed. I know new homes need to be built but this is just overkill, maybe council want City status & the parish that comes with it
By Redfern