Former Metsa Wood Site Ditton Road Widnes WA8 0PA
Approved on 28 April 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed change of use from Class B2 (general industrial) to Class B8 (storage and distribution) at
- Received
- 21 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Halton Borough Council
- Ward
- Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank
- Agent
- Roman Summer Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Feb
- ValidatedValidated14 Mar
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date9 May
- DecidedDecided28 Apr
Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Metsa Wood Site Ditton Road Widnes WA8 0PA. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 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 38 applications across Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank. 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 0PA
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 20 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 April 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Roman Summer Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- Roman Summer Associates Ltd Haweswater House Waterfold Business Park Bury Lancashire BL9 7BR
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Emma Breheny
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13793223
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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