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10 Fountains High Street Runcorn WA7 1AU

24/00349/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 November 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from 12 bed hotel (Class C1) to 12 bed co-living property (Sui Generis) at

Received
11 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Mersey & Weston
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 75 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 10 Fountains High Street Runcorn WA7 1AU. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Mersey & Weston. We hold 173 applications in total for the WA7 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
WA7 1AU
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2024
Consultation expiry
13 October 2024
Consultation start
19 September 2024
Consultation end
10 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
19 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 October 2024
Last date for comments
13 October 2024
Target decision date
7 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MGD
Agent address
MGD 12 Westbury Close Bury BL8 2LW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13388090
Documents
8

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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