9 Baileys Lane Hale Heath Liverpool L24 5RG Data via plota.co.uk

26/00282/PIP - Permission In Principle Refused

Proposal

Permission in principle application for the demolition of existing garage and erection of a detached dwelling at Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
22 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
30 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
27 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 27 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection area 297 m away: Mersey Estuary
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 297 m away: New Ferry SSSI; Inside the Liverpool built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Halton
Application type
Permission In Principle
Postcode
L24 5RG
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank
Parish
Hale
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Aug 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
27 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 22 days faster than Halton's median of 58 for outline applications. Refused, as 42% of outline applications here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
58%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Halton to go on. Halton decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15101255
Planning Portal ref
PP-15101255
Neighbours
30 Jul 2026
Consultation
30 Jul 2026
Comments by
23 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Halton
Planning Authority Score
8/10
Excellent
#26 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Halton is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #59 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 100% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
100% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Halton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #19 of 296
100%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #2 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #59 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #119 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
10 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
23 decided
239
Total decisions
11 refused in the year to March 2026

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