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17 Fox Bank Close Widnes Cheshire WA8 9DP

25/00428/PDEPrior app - householderApproved
Householder

Approved on 24 November 2025

Council decision: Agr, Dem, Tel - approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a single storey rear extension with a flat roof with a parapet wall (to a height of 3.1 metres) and a roof lantern and rear facing windows and side facing patio doors with a projection from the rear wall of 4.05m, an eaves height of 2.90m and an overall height of 3.45m (to top of roof lantern) at

Received
20 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birchfield
Agent
Pro-TECH Architecture Ltd
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 17 Fox Bank Close Widnes Cheshire WA8 9DP. Halton has handled 76 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Halton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Birchfield. We hold 214 applications in total for the WA8 postcode area.

91% of outline 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 9DP
Application type
Prior app - householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
16 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2025
Last date for comments
16 November 2025
Target decision date
1 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Pro-TECH Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
PRO-TECH ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Pro-TECH Architecture Ltd 20 Elstree Court Widnes WA8 3EP

Planning decision

Case officer
Holly Bradley
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14381321
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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