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Halton Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Halton Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
6,853Searchable applications
178Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,426 approved or refused records
216Refused applications

5,210 approved · 216 refused · 347 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Nov 2012 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning, Housing & Your EnvironmentPre-application advice Pre Application Planning AdviceArticle 4 directions Article 4​

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas13 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas2 mapped area records2 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decided25/00430/TPO

    Proposed work to tree covered by TPO 024: One Oak Tree to the rear of the garden boundary to be reduced by maximum 2m at

    32 Redacre Close Cheshire WA4 4JU

    Received 20 Oct 2025
  2. Decided25/00431/TCA

    Proposed work to tree standing in a conservation area: 3 metre full canopy reduction to Oak in rear garden at

    Casa Castana The Common Runcorn Cheshire WA7 2BB

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  3. Decided25/00432/TPO

    Proposed work to trees covered by TPO 011: Minor crown reduction, minor crown lift and removal of structurally unsafe limbs to T1 and T2 at

    The Stables Chester Road Daresbury Warrington Cheshire WA4 4AJ

    Received 17 Oct 2025
  4. Decided25/00433/PLD

    Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a single storey extension to rear of dwelling projecting 3 metres at

    38 Mottershead Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 7LD

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  5. Decided25/00434/FUL

    Proposed two storey side extension at

    2 Malpas Road Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4AD

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  6. Decided25/00439/FUL

    Proposed first floor side extension at

    25 Highlands Road Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4PT

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  7. Decided25/00437/ADV

    Application for advertisement consent for a proposed flat aluminium composite non illuminated sign on front elevation of business at

    135 Lower House Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 7DU

    Received 22 Oct 2025
  8. Decided25/00441/PLD

    Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for the change of use of the property from a dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a small-scale childrens home (Use Class C2) for a maximum of two children at

    8 Lanark Gardens Widnes Cheshire WA8 9DT

    Received 23 Oct 2025
  9. Decided25/00448/FUL

    Proposed repositioning of existing 1.8 metre high fence to side / rear of property at

    8 Morston Road Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1XW

    Received 23 Oct 2025
  10. Decided25/00438/TPO

    Proposed work to Copper Beech tree covered by TPO 063: full tree and stump removal due to roots causing cracks in driveway and penetrating foundations of the property causing subsidence to the house at

    174 Ditchfield Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 8JY

    Received 26 Oct 2025
  11. Decided25/00450/NMA

    Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission 15/00332/FUL to amend the description of development (amendment seeks to accommodate the replacement of the twelve consented gas peaking power units or fast response gas engines located in a substation compound within the site with an equivalent number of paired sets of solid-state energy storage units (24 in total) occupying the same locations) at

    Land Bounded By Dismantled Railway And Situate To The South Of Johnsons Lane Widnes Cheshire

    Received 28 Oct 2025
  12. Decided25/00442/NMA

    Application for Non Material Amendment to planning permission 25/00186/FUL to amend the site plan and subsequent documents and the removal of the sprinkler tank from the description at

    Vacant Land To The North Of Astmoor Road And To The West Of Howdens Located Beneath The Mersey Gateway Bridge Runcorn

    Received 28 Oct 2025
  13. Decided25/00435/ADJ

    Adjoining authority consultation by St Helens Council to vary Condition 1 (time) on approval P/2008/0914 to extend operational period to 29th September 2040 at

    Bold Heath Quarry Mill Lane Bold Heath

    Received 24 Oct 2025
  14. Decided25/00436/ADJ

    Adjoining authority consultation by Warrington Borough Council for continuation of extraction of CDFA from the lagoons in addition to Area E in the southern area of the former power station site at

    Fiddlers Ferry Power Station Widnes Road Warrington WA5 2UT

    Received 24 Oct 2025
  15. Decided25/00440/HBCFUL

    Proposed erection of a container building for use as a cafe & community building (use classes e (b), f.1 and f.2), siting of a single container for use incidental to the cafe & community use, erection of a boundary treatment up to 2.4m high, installation of solar panels, CCTV cameras, hard landscaping, drainage and associated works at

    Land Off Rutland Street Runcorn Cheshire

    Received 16 Oct 2025
  16. Registered25/00465/FULEIA

    Proposal for residential development, public open space and associated landscaping, drainage and infrastructure works at

    Land To The North Of Red Brow Lane And East Of Bridgewater Canal Daresbury Cheshire

    Received 29 Oct 2025
  17. Decided25/00443/COND

    Application to discharge condition no. 14 (Drainage Scheme) of planning permission 22/00423/OUTEIA at

    Land Off Hale Gate Road Widnes Cheshire

    Received 29 Oct 2025
  18. Registered25/00451/COND

    Application to discharge condition no.s 9 (CEMP), 12 (Bus Infrastructure), 13 (Remediation Strategy), 15 (Sewers), 16 (Archaeological Work) and 17 (Waste Management Plan) of planning permission 22/00423/OUTEIA at

    Land Off Hale Gate Road Widnes Cheshire

    Received 29 Oct 2025
  19. Decided25/00461/NMA

    Application for proposed part-retrospective non-material amendment to planning permission 23/00236/FUL for new and modified ground floor area to provide 2 modified Teaching Spaces and 1 new Teaching Space plus store including replacement of part of flat roof and to raise the roof by 600mm to match the new music hub at

    Widnes Sixth Form College Cronton Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 5WA

    Received 29 Oct 2025
  20. Decided25/00452/NMA

    Application for Non Material Amendment to planning permission 22/00130/FUL to include minor elevational adjustment to curtain wall design & high level parapet return, updated PV layout, hard and soft landscaping & boundary treatment following approval of 24/00100/NMA at

    81 High Street Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1AH

    Received 29 Oct 2025
  21. Decided25/00460/COU

    Proposed change of use from a place of worship to 2No. apartments at

    139 Church Street Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1LA

    Received 29 Oct 2025
  22. Registered25/00472/REMEIA

    Application for the approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for 61 dwellings with associated road infrastructure and landscaping pursuant to outline permission 20/00337/OUTEIA

    Land To The North Of Red Brow Lane And East Of Bridgewater Canal Daresbury Cheshire

    Received 30 Oct 2025
  23. Registered25/00482/S73

    Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to vary condition nos. 3 (Quantum of Development), 4 (Approved Documents) and 24 (Acoustic Report) of planning permission 24/00246/S73 to facilitate replan of part of the site to reflect revised site layout and introduction of new Barratt house types at

    Land Off Derby Road Widnes

    Received 30 Oct 2025
  24. Decided25/00445/COND

    Application to discharge condition nos. 10 (Vehicle Access, Service and Parking Areas) and part discharge of 12 (Covered Cycle Parking) of planning permission 21/00498/FUL (as amended by consent ref: 25/00362/S73) at

    Bowman Works Gorsey Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 0YZ

    Received 30 Oct 2025

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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Halton Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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