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Land At Twyford Lane Widnes WA8 3UR

25/00385/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 28 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from an agricultural field to a dog exercise area at

Received
13 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnworth
Agent
Fisher German LLP
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land At Twyford Lane Widnes WA8 3UR. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Farnworth. 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 3UR
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2025
Consultation expiry
2 December 2025
Consultation start
11 November 2025
Consultation end
2 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2025
Last date for comments
2 December 2025
Target decision date
8 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Fisher German LLP
Architect profile
FISHER GERMAN LIMITED
Agent address
Fisher German LLP International House Kingsfield Court Chester Business Park Chester CH4 9RE

Planning decision

Case officer
Caitlin Nixon
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14319461
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Halton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Halton

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