The Heath Business & Technical Park Progressive House Heath Road South Runcorn WA7 4QX
Refused on 10 September 2026
Proposal
Proposed work to trees protected by TPO 110 to let sunlight through to rear garden of 8 Heath Drive at
- Received
- 17 June 2026
- Council
- Halton Borough Council
- Ward
- Beechwood & Heath
- ReceivedReceived17 Jun
- ValidatedValidated18 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Sep
Decided in 84 days
About this application
This is a planning application at The Heath Business & Technical Park Progressive House Heath Road South Runcorn WA7 4QX. Halton has handled 717 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Beechwood & Heath. We hold 174 applications in total for the WA7 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- REASON FOR THE COUNCIL’S DECISION The proposed works at The Heath Business & Technical Park Progressive House, Heath Road South, Runcorn, WA7 4QX do not provide sufficient information describing the works which the applicant wishes to carry out to the protected tree and thus is refused to prevent unnecessary harm. To allow the proposal would be contrary to Policy HE5 of the Delivery and Allocations Local Plan. Signature:- Date:- 10.09.2026
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WA7 4QX
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Holly Bradley
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
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.
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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