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Garswood Filling Station Garswood Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0TU

P/2009/1027Advertisement Consent: HoardingRefused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 14 January 2010

Council decision: Refusal Allowed On AppealDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application to retain 2no. internally illuminated free standing single sided advertisement units.

Received
27 November 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Billinge And Seneley Green Ward
Agent
Primesight Ltd
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Garswood Filling Station Garswood Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0TU. St Helens has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

89% of advertising 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 0TU
Application type
Advertisement Consent: Hoarding
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seneley Green Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2009
Consultation expiry
22 December 2009
Consultation start
1 December 2009
Consultation end
22 December 2009
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2009
Last date for comments
22 December 2009
Target decision date
26 January 2010
Committee meeting
19 January 2010
Permission expires
24 June 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Primesight Ltd
Agent address
Primesight Ltd Charlotte House 14 Windmill Street London W1T 2DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
8

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Helens

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