Planning application
Land At Widnes Waterfront Bounded By Earle Road, Tan House Lane, Moss Bank Road, Gorsey Road, Johnson's Lane; North Of St Helens Canal And Warrington & Stockport Railway Line At Moss Bank Widnes WA8 0GY
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL PLANNING application for construction, engineering and change of use (part retrospective) including; new and altered means of access at Earle Road and Moss Bank Road and related transport infrastructure; remodelling/regrading of land; related engineering and infrastructure works; drainage strategy; landscaping; means of enclosure; enabling works and ancillary development; and temporary change of use for open storage, storage of vehicles including commercial vehicles and self-storage (through shipping containers); and OUTLINE application (with all matters reserved except for Access) for a phased development comprising up to 169,800 sqm of total floorspace across commercial / industrial / warehousing / waste management facilities including: - Up to 162,850 sqm for B2/B8 uses (with ancillary offices) - Up to 75,320 sqm for a data centre (sui generis) - A battery energy storage system - Up to 28,610 sqm of E(g)(iii) floorspace (light industrial) - Up to 600 sqm retail / food & drink (E(a) / E(b)) - Up to 500 sqm indoor sport/recreation (E(d)) - Up to 500 sqm for a creche, nursery or day centre (E(f)) Plus associated works including site remediation, internal roads, parking, servicing, cycle and pedestrian routes, landscaping, SuDS and other ancillary infrastructure at
As published by the council, reference 26/00081/OUTEIA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00081/OUTEIA
- Type
- Outline/Env.Impact Assessment
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 27 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 11 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Central & West Bank
- Parish
- No Parish
- Postcode
- WA8 0GY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Feb 2026
Received by Halton
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11 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Halton took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Plan Red Ltd Agent, registered in Manchester
Active · incorporated 2021 · Manchester
29 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
306 documents on file for this application
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