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Former St Matthews Ce Primary School Scholes Lane Thatto Heath WA10 3NY

P/2012/0133Full Planning Permission: Major ApplicatApproved
Full

Approved on 9 May 2012

Council decision: Full Plans Grant ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 23no affordable homes including 6no apartments.

Received
22 February 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thatto Heath Ward
Agent
Bowsall Limited
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former St Matthews Ce Primary School Scholes Lane Thatto Heath WA10 3NY. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Thatto Heath Ward. We hold 825 applications in total for the WA10 postcode area.

93% of full 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
WA10 3NY
Application type
Full Planning Permission: Major Applicat
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
23

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2012
Consultation expiry
28 March 2012
Consultation start
24 February 2012
Consultation end
16 March 2012
Neighbour consultation start
23 May 2012
Last date for comments
16 March 2012
Target decision date
23 May 2012
Committee meeting
24 April 2012
Permission expires
9 May 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bowsall Limited
Agent address
Bowsall Limited Bowsall House 3 King Street Greater Manchester M3 7DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 March 2012
Advertisement expiry
28 March 2012

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
90
Constraints
18

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.

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