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Crown Buildings 63 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TN

P/2019/0186/O2DPAOffice to Dwelling Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 May 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from offices to 66no. residential apartments.Prior approval for change of use from offices to residential dwellings.

Received
7 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Crown Buildings 63 College Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1TN. St Helens has handled 441 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 55 applications across Town Centre Ward. We hold 825 applications in total for the WA10 postcode area.

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

Postcode
WA10 1TN
Application type
Office to Dwelling Prior Approval
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
66

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2019
Consultation expiry
10 April 2019
Consultation start
18 March 2019
Consultation end
8 April 2019
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2019
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2019
Last date for comments
10 April 2019
Target decision date
9 May 2019
Permission expires
7 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
5 Bolton Street London W1J 8BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 March 2019
Site notice end
10 April 2019

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
19

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    9 Jun

    Discharge of conditions 2,3 and 4 on approval P/2019/0186/O2DPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/2020/0042/CON
  2. 2019
    7 Mar

    Prior approval for change of use from offices to 66no. residential apartments.Prior approval for change of…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineP/2019/0186/O2DPA

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