Land at Priory Meadow, Runcorn, WA7
- Land size
- 13.54 acres
Key Features
- Residential Development Site
- Allocated in the Local Plan for 158 dwellings
Description
Priory Meadow extends to approx. 13.54 acres (5.48 hectares) with an additional 5.06 acres (2.04 hectares) available under license for BNG, open space and the access road. It it a largely greenfield development site albeit the most southerly section was previously occupied by the sports fields in connection with the former Norton Priory County High School. The site currently provides informal open space and woodland.
The site is allocated for a notional capacity of 158 dwellings under Policy R74 Residential Development in the 2022 Adopted Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (DALP).
Priory Meadow is located to the north-east of Runcorn, approximately 2.5 miles east of Runcorn Town Centre and approximately 2 miles to the north west of Daresbury Village. Runcorn has excellent transport links having access to the M56 Motorway at Junction 11 and 12, both approx. 3 miles distant. Access to the Mersey Gateway Bridge is approx. 2 miles north west of Priory Meadow.
The immediate area is predominantly residential with the site located immediately to the north east of the Castlefield’s area. The site itself is bounded by the Daresbury Expressway to the north, Norton Priory Museum and Gardens to the east, the Bridgewater Canal to the south and the former Runcorn New Town Busway to the west.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-02-17
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
- Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
39 Mbps
Superfast · available to 50% of premises
Suitable for
- HD streaming
- Video calls
- Web & social
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy508 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 168
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Bridgewater Park Primary School571 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 91
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Astmoor Primary School637 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 144
- Type
- Community school
- Windmill Hill Primary School950 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 148
- Type
- Community school
- The Brow Community Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 136
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Sandymoor Ormiston Academy1.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 631
- Type
- Free schools
- The Grange School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,200
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy1.6 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 754
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy1.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 332
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- The Heath School2.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,174
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 50 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Sanderson Weatherall, Manchester
The Chancery, 58 Spring Gardens, Manchester
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