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284 Birchfield Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 9ER

26/00354/FULApproved

Approved on 8 July 2026

Council decision: Permit

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

Proposal

Proposed replacement roof and installation of externally insulated render. Removal of balcony flat roofs and replacement with pitch roofs. Single storey side extension. New front porch and internal alterations at

Received
11 September 2026
Ward
Audley
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey side extension at 284 Birchfield Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 9ER. Halton has handled 708 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Farnworth. We hold 214 applications in total for the WA8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WA8 9ER
Parish
Audley Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jacob Wood

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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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