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139 Church Street Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1LA

25/00460/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 June 2026

5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from a place of worship to 2No. apartments at

Received
29 October 2025
Ward
Mersey & Weston
Agent
Pro-TECH Architecture Ltd
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 212 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 139 Church Street Runcorn Cheshire WA7 1LA. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 25 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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
WA7 1LA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2025
Consultation expiry
9 February 2026
Consultation start
26 January 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 February 2026
Target decision date
19 June 2026

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 Cheshire WA8 3EP

Planning decision

Case officer
Holly Bradley
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14387503
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Halton Borough Council Article 4 - 1+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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