First Floor 218 Liverpool Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 7HY

26/00112/PRIORPrior Notification appsWithdrawn

Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 14 May 2026

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a change of use of the first floor from commercial / business (Use Class E3) to one single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) at

Received: 23 March 2026
Council: Halton Borough Council
Ward: Highfield

ReceivedReceived23 Mar
ValidatedValidated27 Mar
Consult.Consultation23 Apr
TargetTarget Date22 May
DecidedDecided14 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor 218 Liverpool Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 7HY. Halton has handled 76 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 52 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Highfield. 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 7HY
Application type: Prior Notification apps
Scale / size: Small
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 26 April 2026
Consultation start: 2 April 2026
Consultation end: 23 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 26 April 2026
Last date for comments: 26 April 2026
Target decision date: 22 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14802546
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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© 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.

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Source: Halton

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