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74 Albert Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 6JT

24/00478/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from a shop (use class E) to a bar & restaurant (use class sui generis) at

Received
16 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Appleton
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 74 Albert Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 6JT. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer 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 6JT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2024
Consultation expiry
12 January 2025
Consultation start
19 December 2024
Consultation end
9 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
12 January 2025
Last date for comments
12 January 2025
Target decision date
10 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18A Union Road Farnham Surrey GU9 7PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13641784
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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