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1-4 Salisbury Street Widnes WA8 6AZ

25/00504/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 10 September 2026

1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Proposed change of use from a E-Class use to a specialist 8 bedroom care home (Class C2) accommodation unit, subdivision of the ground floor commercial unit into 3 commercial units, insertion of two new shop fronts and ground floor shop front alterations to facilitate the C2 care home at

Received
28 November 2025
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Appleton
Agent
Concept Planning Ltd
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 275 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1-4 Salisbury Street Widnes WA8 6AZ. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 286 days, 34 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Appleton. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development fails to demonstrate that the development would provide a safe, accessible and inclusive living environment for its intended occupiers, and it fails to provide adequate amenity space which should be provided for specialist housing. As such, the proposal would result in an unacceptable standard of residential amenity for its occupiers and in turn would be contrary to Policy GR2 and Policy CS(R)12 of the Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan. Signature:- Date:-10.09.2026

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WA8 6AZ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation start
11 December 2025
Consultation end
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
11 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 January 2026
Target decision date
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Concept Planning Ltd
Agent address
Concept Planning Ltd 19 The Brambles Prospect Road St. Albans AL1 2DP

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Sturdy
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14524948
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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