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1A Deacon Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 6EA

23/00247/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from residential flats to offices at

Received
17 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Appleton
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1A Deacon Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 6EA. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Halton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Appleton. We hold 214 applications in total for the WA8 postcode area.

86% of amendment applications at Halton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WA8 6EA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2023
Consultation expiry
18 July 2023
Consultation start
27 June 2023
Consultation end
18 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
22 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2023
Last date for comments
18 July 2023
Target decision date
14 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12221309
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Halton Borough Council Article 4 - 1+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Halton

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