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Brindley Green Open Space High Street Runcorn Cheshire

25/00058/HBCFULHBC Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 July 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed development to comprise the laying out of new paths, steps and walled planting beds and all associated ground works. Infrastructure works to include construction of surface water drainage systems, installation of site furniture and features, external lighting, irrigation systems and all associated ducting. Work to also includes soft landscaping works comprising soft landscape reinstatements, tree, shrub and herbaceous planting at

Received
4 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mersey & Weston
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 161 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Brindley Green Open Space High Street Runcorn Cheshire. Halton has handled 46 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 16 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.

89% of all 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

Application type
HBC Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2025
Consultation expiry
24 June 2025
Consultation start
3 June 2025
Consultation end
24 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2025
Last date for comments
24 June 2025
Target decision date
2 April 2025

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Sturdy
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: National Westminster BankOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Halton Borough Council Article 4 - 1+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Car Park between High Street and Bridgewater Canal, RuncornRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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

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