Colliers Moss Common Nature Reserve Fleet Lane St Helens Merseyside

P/2017/0859/AGRPAForestry Prior ApprovalApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 November 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification to restore access/pathway to community woodland.

Received: 2 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Parr Ward

ReceivedReceived2 Nov
ValidatedValidated3 Nov
Consult.Consultation18 Dec
TargetTarget Date1 Dec
DecidedDecided27 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Colliers Moss Common Nature Reserve Fleet Lane St Helens Merseyside. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Parr Ward.

88% of outline 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

Application type: Forestry Prior Approval
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 November 2017
Consultation expiry: 18 December 2017
Consultation start: 27 November 2017
Consultation end: 18 December 2017
Target decision date: 1 December 2017
Permission expires: 26 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 13
Constraints: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Green belt: St. Helens
Local nature reserve: Colliers Moss Common
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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© 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.

Source: St Helens

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