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Existing Telecommunications Site Widnes Home And Garden Centre Birchfield Road Widnes WA8 9TX

26/00059/PRIORPrior Notification appsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Permitted

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

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the replacement of existing 22.5m telecommunications mast with a new mast that measures 25.5m to the top of structure together with ancillary development thereto at

Received
19 February 2026
Ward
Birchfield
Agent
Pegasus Planning Group Ltd
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 204 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Existing Telecommunications Site Widnes Home And Garden Centre Birchfield Road Widnes WA8 9TX. Halton has handled 76 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 22 weeks longer 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 9TX
Application type
Prior Notification apps
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Consultation expiry
22 March 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 March 2026
Last date for comments
22 March 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Planning Group Ltd
Architect profile
PEGASUS PLANNING GROUP LIMITED
Agent address
Pegasus Planning Group Ltd First Floor South Wing Equinox North Great Park Road Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14685331
Documents
11

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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