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51 Hoghton Road St Helens WA9 3HS

P/2013/0483Full Planning Permission: Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 6 August 2013

Council decision: Full Plans Grant ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Resubmission of P/2013/0168 for change of use to scrap car parts company.

Received
24 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Parr Ward
Agent
Gornall Cross Ltd
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 51 Hoghton Road St Helens WA9 3HS. St Helens has handled 205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Parr Ward. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the WA9 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
WA9 3HS
Application type
Full Planning Permission: Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2013
Consultation expiry
31 July 2013
Consultation start
27 June 2013
Consultation end
18 July 2013
Neighbour consultation start
27 June 2013
Last date for comments
18 July 2013
Target decision date
19 August 2013
Committee meeting
6 August 2013
Permission expires
4 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gornall Cross Ltd
Agent address
Gornall Cross Ltd 4 Ansdell Drive Eccleston St Helens WA10 5DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 July 2013
Advertisement expiry
31 July 2013

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
25
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: St. HelensPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Colliers Moss CommonPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2013
    24 Jun

    Resubmission of P/2013/0168

    This applicationFull Plans Grant ConditionsAmendmentP/2013/0483
  2. 2013
    27 Feb

    Change of use to scrap car parts company.

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission: Change of UsePart ofP/2013/0168

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2012
    30 Jul

    Scrap yard.

    RefusedCertificate of Lawful Use: ExistingP/2012/0600

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