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Holy Spirit RC Primary School Brunswick Street St Helens WA9 2JE

P/2013/0561Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 September 2013

Council decision: Full Plans Grant ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing play area to create a 15no. space car park along with relocation of existing play equiment.

Received
23 July 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Parr Ward
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Holy Spirit RC Primary School Brunswick Street St Helens WA9 2JE. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Turnham Green conservation area. There have been 3 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.

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
WA9 2JE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2013
Consultation expiry
20 August 2013
Consultation start
30 July 2013
Consultation end
20 August 2013
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2013
Last date for comments
20 August 2013
Target decision date
23 September 2013
Committee meeting
3 September 2013
Permission expires
11 September 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cassidy + Ashton
Architect profile
CASSIDY & ASHTON LIMITED
Agent address
Cassidy + Ashton Cassidy House Station Road Chester CH1 3DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
13

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

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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.

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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