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7 Police Post Derbyshire Hill Road St Helens

P/2008/1169Full Planning Permission: Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2009

Council decision: Full Plans Grant ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from police station to taxi booking office.

Received
14 October 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Parr Ward
Agent
Ludlam Associates
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 7 Police Post Derbyshire Hill Road St Helens. St Helens has handled 205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Parr Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission: Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2008
Consultation expiry
15 December 2008
Consultation start
24 November 2008
Consultation end
15 December 2008
Neighbour consultation start
24 November 2008
Target decision date
15 January 2009
Committee meeting
9 December 2008
Permission expires
9 February 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ludlam Associates
Agent address
Ludlam Associates The Bank 99 Palatine Road Didsbury Manchester M20 3QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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