A MAJOR development in Warrington has been shortlisted as a finalist for an environmental award. Exceptional examples of planning projects that have ‘succeeded in protecting and enhancing the natural environment’ are to be recognised at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence. Among the finalists in the Excellence in Planning for the Natural Environment category is Omega Warrington, after being submitted by Miller Developments Limited. The 233-hectare, mixed-use development site is located on parts of the former Burtonwood Airbase near junction eight of the M62. The Omega shortlist listing reads: “The regeneration of RAF Burtonwood, situated just to the north of Warrington town centre, into a sustainable, mixed-use development has been shortlisted in the Natural Environment category at the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence.