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The Hollies 35 Derby Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 9LG
Application for Listed Building Consent for damp proofing work, timber treatment in the cellar and penetrating damp work at
85 Clincton View Widnes Cheshire WA8 8RR
Application for certificate of proposed lawful development for a single storey side extension (replacement of existing garage) at
27 Buckingham Avenue Widnes Cheshire WA8 9EW
Proposed garage conversion including new raised flat roof to existing garage and kitchen and new canopy to front elevation at
192 Runcorn Road Moore Warrington Cheshire WA4 6SY
Outline planning application (with all matters reserved) for the construction of detached single storey dwelling and detached garage at
Crow Wood Park Bancroft Road Widnes Cheshire
Application to discharge condition no. 3 (Cycle Parking Details) of planning permission 26/00168/HBCFUL at
Widnes Sixth Form College Cronton Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 5WA
Application to discharge condition no. 9 (SuDs Verification Report) of planning permission 23/00236/FUL at
89 Moughland Lane Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4SG
Proposed change of use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to an Ofsted-registered Residential Children's Home (Use Class C2), providing care and accommodation for maximum of three Looked After C
Land To The West Of Hanover Court Palace Fields Avenue Runcorn Cheshire
Outline planning application (with all matters reserved) for a mixed use scheme for a car MOT garage, convenience store, hairdressers and retail units at
2 High Street Hale Liverpool L24 4AF
Proposed works to tree covered by TPO 026: Removal of T10 Sycamore at
Land Off Hale Gate Road Widnes Cheshire
Application for advertisement consent for the display of no.1 v-stack totem pole and no.2 flags fixed to flag poles associated with the promotion and sale of residential properties at
Land North Of Lunts Heath Road Widnes
Application to discharge condition no. 25 (Verification Report for Plots 186 and 217-328) of planning permission 22/00318/FUL at
132 Liverpool Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 7JE
Proposed first floor rear extension at
2-6 Appleton Village Widnes WA8 6DZ
Proposed change of use of the existing building (Use Class E(e)) to non-residential educational facilities (Use Class F1) at
Halton Borough Transport Ltd Moor Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 7AF
Proposed change of use of former bus depot building (Use Class Sui Generis) to provide indoor padel court facilities (Use Class E) with associated refurbishment of existing building and alterations to
Halton Borough Transport Ltd Moor Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 7AF
Application for Listed building consent for a proposed change of use of former bus depot building (Use Class Sui Generis) to provide indoor padel court facilities (Use Class E) with associated refurbi
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When Halton Borough Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Halton Borough Council, raw rate
24.3%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
29.6%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
5.3 percentage points below expected. Halton Borough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
75 appeals counted, 70 judged either way (17 allowed, 53 dismissed), 5 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-08 to 2026-05.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 42 | 41 | 11 | 26.8% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 17 | 17 | 3 | 17.6% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 11 | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | 13.5% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 36% |
| Called In Planning Application | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 72.4% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 33.3% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 36.9% |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Halton Borough Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Halton Borough Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Halton Borough Council planning portal.
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months. A guide, not a guarantee.
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