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2 Midland Street Widnes Cheshire WA8 6JZ

26/00066/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 April 2026

1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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

Retrospective application to confirm change of use of the first floor from commercial / business use (Use Class E3) to one single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) at

Received
13 January 2026
Ward
Appleton
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Midland Street Widnes Cheshire WA8 6JZ. Halton has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 7 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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Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 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
22 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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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