30-32 Barrow Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1RX
Approved on 31 January 2019
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from 2no A1 units to 1no A3 / A4 units along with modification to existing shop front and extractor system to rear
- Received
- 15 November 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- RJG Architectural Design Services
- ReceivedReceived15 Nov
- ValidatedValidated11 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Jan
- TargetTarget Date5 Feb
- DecidedDecided31 Jan
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 30-32 Barrow Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1RX. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward. We hold 825 applications in total for the WA10 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
- WA10 1RX
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 December 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 14 January 2019
- Consultation start
- 20 December 2018
- Consultation end
- 10 January 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 December 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 January 2019
- Last date for comments
- 14 January 2019
- Target decision date
- 5 February 2019
- Permission expires
- 31 January 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RJG Architectural Design Services
- Agent address
- Rainford Hall, Crank Road Crank St. Helens WA11 7RP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 21 December 2018
- Site notice end
- 14 January 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 27
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 23A Hardshaw Street, Town Centre, St Helens, WA10 1RTRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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