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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
6,872Searchable applications
178Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 5,444 approved or refused records
216Refused applications

5,228 approved · 216 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. Decided25/00508/ELD

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development seeking confirmation of the established use of the premises as a restaurant within Class E, the premises have traded as a restaurant since at least 2015 with the sale of alcoholic drinks ancillary to the main use of the premises at

    The Preston Brook Chester Road Preston Brook Runcorn Cheshire WA7 3BA

    Received 3 Dec 2025
  2. Decided25/00499/PLD

    Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development to use vacant unit to create some NHS spaces via separate access at the front. The first floor is intended to be rented out to the NHS and other private clinics. The ground floor will be used as a reception with an existing lift to be renovated for function at

    Fir Park Medical Centre Fir Park Widnes Cheshire WA8 9BD

    Received 3 Dec 2025
  3. Decided25/00501/PRIOR

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for the installation of 302 no. 450Wp roof mounted Photovoltaic (PV) panels on the external roof of an existing building at

    Picow Farm Depot Picow Farm Road Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4UB

    Received 4 Dec 2025
  4. Decided25/00498/FUL

    Proposed two-storey side/rear extension at

    1 Aldersey Close Runcorn Cheshire WA7 6NL

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  5. Decided26/00021/PLD

    Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a 3 metre rear extension at

    42 Upton Bridle Path Widnes Cheshire WA8 9HB

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  6. Decided25/00500/COND

    Application to discharge condition nos. 20 (Remediation Strategy Verification Report) and 24 (Boundary Treatment and Enhanced Landscape Scheme) of planning permission 19/00235/FUL at

    Land To The North Of Railway And West Of Tan House Lane Widnes Cheshire

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  7. Decided25/00502/TCA

    Proposed work to tree standing in a conservation area: Removal to ground level of a singular Sycamore at

    Tudor House The Common Runcorn Cheshire WA7 2BB

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  8. Decided26/00028/FUL

    Proposal for 2no. existing fire damaged timber frame end terrace houses to be demolished and rebuilt as a masonry structure (fire occurred 15/12/2024) at

    11 - 13 Waterford Way Runcorn Cheshire WA7 6DY

    Received 12 Dec 2025
  9. Decided25/00507/PLD

    Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development to seek confirmation that the existing lawful Class C2 use of the property may be used as a small, two-bed childrens residential home for young people aged 7-17 with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD). No operational development, external alterations, or extensions are proposed at

    117 Mersey Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 0DT

    Received 12 Dec 2025
  10. Decided26/00004/FUL

    Proposed surface water drainage outfall to support the reserved matters application referenced 25/00231/REM at

    Land At Sumners Farm And East Of Barkers Hollow Road Preston On The Hill Warrington Cheshire WA4 4AZ

    Received 16 Dec 2025
  11. Decided25/00510/COND

    Application to discharge condition no. 6 (Site Verification / Completion Report) of planning permission 23/00234/FUL at

    Riverside College Kingsway Widnes Cheshire WA8 7QQ

    Received 16 Dec 2025
  12. Decided26/00050/FUL

    Application for the permanent retention of the retail building and associated outdoor sales area adjacent to Twyford Lane at

    Rivendell Garden Centre Mill Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 3UL

    Received 17 Dec 2025
  13. Decided25/00512/NMA

    Application for Non Material Amendment to planning permission 22/00543/OUTEIA (condition 10) to allow the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) strategy to be implemented on a phased basis in line with the intended staged delivery of the wider site at

    Sandymoor South Phase 2 Windmill Hill Avenue East Runcorn WA7 1XY

    Received 17 Dec 2025
  14. Decided25/00511/PLD

    Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a proposed single storey rear extension with a projection of 3.48m, an eaves height of 2.74m and an overall height of 3.7m at

    2 Humber Close Widnes Cheshire WA8 3YY

    Received 17 Dec 2025
  15. Decided25/00513/COND

    Application to discharge condition no. 21 (Landscape Management Plan) of planning permission 22/00178/FUL at

    Land To North Of Derby Road, East Of Mill Lane And South And West Of Mill Green Lane Widnes

    Received 18 Dec 2025
  16. Registered25/00514/NMA

    Application for Non Material Amendment to planning permission 24/00007/FUL to replace 1.8m high garden screen walls with high specification board and batten fencing at

    Land Off South Lane Widnes Cheshire

    Received 18 Dec 2025
  17. Decided25/00519/FUL

    Proposed two storey side extension and demolition and replacement of rear orangery with external ground levelling works and internal modifications at

    Elm Cottage Ramsbrook Lane Hale Liverpool L24 5RL

    Received 18 Dec 2025
  18. Decided25/00518/NMA

    Application for Non Material Amendment to planning permission 24/00023/S73 to amend the description of development to remove explicit reference to the delivery of an extra-care building and the specific number of dwellings originally consented within the building (as detailed in the submitted cover letter) at

    Land Within And Adjacent To And Surrounding Palacefields Local Centre Runcorn

    Received 19 Dec 2025
  19. Decided26/00002/COU

    Proposed change of use from Public House (Use Class Sui Generis) to Convenience Store (Use Class E) with alterations to entrance doors at

    Red Admiral Boston Avenue Runcorn WA7 5JQ

    Received 19 Dec 2025
  20. Decided25/00515/FUL

    Proposed part single storey, part first floor rear extensions at

    20 St Annes Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 6RB

    Received 22 Dec 2025
  21. Decided25/00517/COND

    Application to discharge condition nos. 13 (Bat Box Details), 16 (Bird Box Details), 18 (Japanese Knotweed Remediation Treatment) and 24 (Emergency Flood Plan) of planning permission 22/00130/FUL at

    81 High Street Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1AH

    Received 22 Dec 2025
  22. Decided25/00516/COU

    Proposed change of use from a Trampoline Park (Use Class E(d) to Offices (Use Class E(g) and Caf� (Use Class E(b) including internal remodelling and associated external works to existing building at

    Elite House Shaw Street Runcorn Cheshire WA7 5TZ

    Received 26 Nov 2025
  23. Decided26/00003/NMA

    Application for Non Material Amendment to planning permission 22/00318/FUL for proposed alteration to brick type being used across part of the development. Changing various plots from Forterra and Meadow Red to Ibstock and Mercia Orange Multi due to brick supply issues at

    Land North Of Lunts Heath Road Widnes

    Received 23 Dec 2025
  24. Decided26/00012/ELD

    Application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development seeking confirmation that accommodating movable shipping containers used for storage falls within the scope of the established B8 use of the site with siting of containers on existing parking area and with no presence of stacked containers on site at

    E Z American Storage Tanhouse Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 0YQ

    Received 23 Dec 2025

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What these statistics cover

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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