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31 Whelan Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA9 5TD

P/2016/0646/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 December 2016

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of vacant land incorporated within garden curtilage for erection of second retaining wall and associated drainage works.

Received
30 August 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thatto Heath Ward
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 31 Whelan Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA9 5TD. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 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 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 5TD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2016
Consultation expiry
5 October 2016
Consultation start
14 September 2016
Consultation end
5 October 2016
Neighbour consultation start
14 September 2016
Neighbour consultation end
5 October 2016
Last date for comments
5 October 2016
Target decision date
27 October 2016
Permission expires
2 December 2019

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 at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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