Four-storey offices under scrutiny

PLANS for a prestigious, four-storey office building will be considered a second time by councillors at Warrington next week- despite the fact they have already voted to throw them out once.
The scheme, involving land adjoining Stanford House at Garrett Field, Birchwood, will be placed before the development control committee again because developers Capital and Provincial have taken advantage of a delay in issuing the committee’s final decision to withdraw their proposals.
This means they can submit them again without going through the lengthy appeals procedure.
The refusal to grant planning consent for the development in January came as something as a shock.
Committee members had visited the site to make an inspection and although there were objections from Birchwood Town Council and one nearby resident, planning officers recommended approval.
But members voted to refuse permission because of fears the scheme would lead to unacceptable increases in traffic.
But a delay in issuing their decision gave the applicants an opportunity to withdraw the scheme.
The scheme involves a four-storey office building with 141 car parking spaces, some in an underground facility.