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44 Bowness Avenue St Helens WA11 7EQ

P/2017/0897/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 January 2018

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail unit (A1) to hot food takeway (A5).

Received
3 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Moss Bank Ward
Agent
Johnson Fellows LLP
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided3 Jan

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 44 Bowness Avenue St Helens WA11 7EQ. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Moss Bank Ward. We hold 608 applications in total for the WA11 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
WA11 7EQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2017
Consultation expiry
29 December 2017
Consultation start
8 December 2017
Consultation end
29 December 2017
Neighbour consultation start
5 December 2017
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2017
Last date for comments
26 December 2017
Target decision date
23 January 2018
Permission expires
3 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Johnson Fellows LLP
Agent address
163 Newhall Street Birmingham B3 1SW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
6

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    22 Nov

    Discharge of condition 3 on approval P/2017/0897/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/2018/0125/CON
  2. 2017
    3 Nov

    Change of use from retail unit (A1) to hot food takeway (A5).

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2017/0897/FUL

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