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Runcorn EfW Facility Barlow Way Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4HG

25/00359/FULApproved

Approved on 2 September 2026

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed creation of a temporary car parking facility adjacent to the Viridor Energy Recovery Facility. The car park will contain 65 parking bays of 2.4m (width) x 2.8m (length) in size. To the east of the car park a 565m2 lay down area is proposed. The car park and lay down area will be surfaced with compact gravel at

Received
14 August 2025
Ward
Mersey & Weston
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 378 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Runcorn EfW Facility Barlow Way Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4HG. Halton has handled 708 applications of this type. This one was decided in 378 days, 47 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. 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.

Application details

Postcode
WA7 4HG
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Sturdy

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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