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Vacant Land To The North Of Astmoor Road And To The West Of Howdens Located Beneath The Mersey Gateway Bridge Runcorn

26/00251/S73Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 October 2026

11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to vary the wording of conditions 2 (Plans), 3 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 6 (Site Investigation), 12 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) and removal of conditions 7 (Remediation Strategy), 8 (Site Verification/Completion Report) of planning decision 25/00186/FUL as amended by 25/00442/NMA at

Received
26 June 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Halton Castle
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 105 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Vacant Land To The North Of Astmoor Road And To The West Of Howdens Located Beneath The Mersey Gateway Bridge Runcorn. Halton has handled 708 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Halton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Halton Castle.

Application details

Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2026
Consultation end
30 July 2026
Target decision date
16 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Charlotte Sturdy

Additional information

Documents
18

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Jun

    Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to vary the wording of conditions 2…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/00251/S73
  2. 2025
    28 Oct

    Application for Non Material Amendment to planning permission 25/00186/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPart of25/00442/NMA

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