PROPOSALS for the third and final phase of the demolition of the Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station have been submitted to Warrington Borough Council.
They are now being considered by planning officers with a view to work starting on December 1.
Work will take place between 7am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, with no work taking place at weekends or Bank Holidays if the proposals are accepted.
The main buildings remaining to be demolished, following the major demolition that has already taken place, are the South Cooling Towers, the Turbine Hall, the Boiler House, the Gas Turbine Building exhaust stack, the main power station chimney and the Pozzolan silos.
But the site – one of the largest brownfield sites in the North West – will be completely cleared and restored to enable redevelopment to take place.
The Fiddlers Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962. It was built – following a lengthy campaign to stop the development – between 1964 and 1971 and began operating in 1973.
It closed in March 2020 and was acquired by Peel NRL in 2022.
With four of its original eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers still standing and its 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney,[3] the station remains a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines.
