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31 Whelan Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA9 5TD

P/2019/0402/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 August 2019

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extend existing culvert, increase land level to finish in line with rear garden of No. 31 Whelan Gardens and change use to residential garden land (part retrospective).

Received
11 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Thatto Heath Ward
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 31 Whelan Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA9 5TD. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Thatto Heath Ward. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the WA9 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
WA9 5TD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2019
Consultation expiry
12 July 2019
Consultation start
13 June 2019
Consultation end
4 July 2019
Neighbour consultation start
13 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end
4 July 2019
Last date for comments
12 July 2019
Target decision date
5 August 2019
Permission expires
1 August 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 June 2019
Site notice end
12 July 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07690541
Documents
23
Constraints
17

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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