24-30 Barrow House Barrow Street St Helens WA10 1RF
Approved on 14 May 2019
Council decision: Prior Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for change of use from office to 28no residential apartments.
- Received
- 22 March 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- ReceivedReceived22 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Apr
- Consult.Consultation12 May
- TargetTarget Date7 Jun
- DecidedDecided14 May
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 24-30 Barrow House Barrow Street St Helens WA10 1RF. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker 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.
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 1RF
- Application type
- Office to Dwelling Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 28
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 April 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 12 May 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 April 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 May 2019
- Last date for comments
- 12 May 2019
- Target decision date
- 7 June 2019
- Permission expires
- 14 May 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ADS Structural
- Agent address
- 25 Peel House Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 6TN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 April 2019
- Site notice end
- 12 May 2019
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Victoria SquareNext to the site
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202415 Feb
Change of use from commercial units (Class E) to 5no. apartments for residential use (Class C3), comprising…
RefusedFull Planning ApplicationP/2024/0085/FUL - 202319 Dec
Prior approval for change of use from disused retail units (Class E) to 6no dwellinghouses/apartments (C3).
WithdrawnOffice to Dwelling Prior ApprovalP/2024/0006/O2DPA
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