Land At Widnes Waterfront Bounded By Earle Road, Tan House Lane, Moss Bank Road, Gorsey Road, Johnson's Lane; North Of St Helens Canal And Warrington & Stockport Railway Line At Moss Bank Widnes WA8 0GY
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Proposal
HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL PLANNING application for construction, engineering and change of use (part retrospective) including; new and altered means of access at Earle Road and Moss Bank Road and related transport infrastructure; remodelling/regrading of land; related engineering and infrastructure works; drainage strategy; landscaping; means of enclosure; enabling works and ancillary development; and temporary change of use for open storage, storage of vehicles including commercial vehicles and self-storage (through shipping containers); and OUTLINE application (with all matters reserved except for Access) for a phased development comprising up to 169,800 sqm of total floorspace across commercial / industrial / warehousing / waste management facilities including: - Up to 162,850 sqm for B2/B8 uses (with ancillary offices) - Up to 75,320 sqm for a data centre (sui generis) - A battery energy storage system - Up to 28,610 sqm of E(g)(iii) floorspace (light industrial) - Up to 600 sqm retail / food & drink (E(a) / E(b)) - Up to 500 sqm indoor sport/recreation (E(d)) - Up to 500 sqm for a creche, nursery or day centre (E(f)) Plus associated works including site remediation, internal roads, parking, servicing, cycle and pedestrian routes, landscaping, SuDS and other ancillary infrastructure at
- Received
- 27 February 2026
- Decision due
- 10 June 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 7 November 2026
- Council
- Halton Borough Council
- Ward
- Central & West Bank
- Agent
- Plan Red Ltd
- ReceivedReceived27 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 Jun
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Land At Widnes Waterfront Bounded By Earle Road, Tan House Lane, Moss Bank Road, Gorsey Road, Johnson's Lane; North Of St Helens Canal And Warrington & Stockport Railway Line At Moss Bank Widnes WA8 0GY. Halton has handled 76 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Central & West Bank. 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 0GY
- Application type
- Outline/Env.Impact Assessment
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Plan Red Ltd
- Architect profile
- PLAN RED LTD
- Agent address
- Plan Red Ltd Colony 19 Spring Gardens Manchester M2 1FB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Emma Breheny
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14666864
- Documents
- 307
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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