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174 Ditchfield Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 8JY

25/00438/TPOWorks to trees covered by a TPORefused

Refused on 21 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed work to Copper Beech tree covered by TPO 063: full tree and stump removal due to roots causing cracks in driveway and penetrating foundations of the property causing subsidence to the house at

Received
26 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bankfield
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target21 Dec
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 87 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 174 Ditchfield Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 8JY. Halton has handled 111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 5 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Bankfield. We hold 214 applications in total for the WA8 postcode area.

87% of trees applications at Halton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. REASON FOR THE COUNCIL’S DECISION The decision to grant permission and impose any conditions has been taken having regard to the relevant policies and proposals in the Development Plan set out below.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WA8 8JY
Application type
Works to trees covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Horne
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14439802
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 063Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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