Brownfield land in Warrington: 163 sites on the register
Warrington Borough Council has published 163 brownfield sites in Warrington on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 226.5 hectares.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Warrington register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega (additional 300 units), Phase 4-7, Omega South, Warrington, WA5 7XQ | 22.40 | — | permissioned |
| Arpley Meadows (most western parcel) | 19.46 | — | not yet |
| Zones 3 To 6, Omega South, Warrington | 18.87 | — | permissioned |
| Spectra Building & Drivetime Golf Range, South of Centre Park Business Park, WA1 1QL | 16.65 | — | permissioned |
| Arpley Meadows (mid parcel immediately abutting the west coast mainline) | 16.13 | — | not yet |
| University of Chester, Padgate Campus, Crab Lane, Padgate, Warrington, WA2 0DB | 13.34 | — | not yet |
| Former Police Training Centre, Off Greenway, Bruche, WA1 3BG | 8.81 | — | permissioned |
| Omega South Zone 6 - Phase 1, Land adjacent to Lingley Green Avenue, Warrington | 6.36 | — | permissioned |
Source: Warrington Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 1 further entry repeats the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. No site in Warrington states a dwelling capacity on the register, so no capacity figure is shown.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Warrington register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. The council has published no dwelling capacity for Warrington, so the yield here is yours to establish.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Warrington
- Development land in Warrington
- How much brownfield land is there in Warrington?
- Where can I build houses in Warrington?
- Warrington land availability assessment
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