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1 - 3 Station Road Ashton In Makerfield WN4 0SA

P/2007/1448Full Planning Permission: Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2008

Council decision: Full Plans Grant ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of part of building from existing post office to residential accommodation; taking down and rebuilding of part of rear elevation and part of side elevation; bricking up of one doorway; removal of existing shop front windows and insertion of new windows; enclosure of forecourt area and erection of handrails to doorway. .

Received
22 November 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Billinge And Seneley Green Ward
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1 - 3 Station Road Ashton In Makerfield WN4 0SA. St Helens has handled 205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Billinge And Seneley Green Ward. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 postcode area.

100% of amendment applications at St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WN4 0SA
Application type
Full Planning Permission: Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seneley Green Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2007
Consultation expiry
1 January 2008
Consultation start
11 December 2007
Consultation end
1 January 2008
Neighbour consultation start
12 December 2007
Last date for comments
1 January 2008
Target decision date
1 February 2008
Committee meeting
22 January 2008
Decision issued
31 January 2008
Permission expires
29 January 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 HILLCREST ROAD CROSBY LIVERPOOL L23 9XS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
10

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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2008
    6 Oct

    Request to discharge condition 4 of planning application P/2007/1448

    Condition Discharged SatisfactorilyDischarge of conditionsC/2008/0059
  2. 2007
    22 Nov

    Change of use of part of building from existing post office to residential accommodation; taking down and…

    This applicationFull Plans Grant ConditionsAmendmentP/2007/1448

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