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Barrow House Barrow Street St Helens St Helens

P/2019/0586/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 September 2019

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Creation of roof top garden terrace enclosed in a 1.2m glass balustrade.

Received
10 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
ADS Structural Ltd
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Barrow House Barrow Street St Helens St Helens. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2019
Consultation expiry
7 September 2019
Consultation start
16 August 2019
Consultation end
6 September 2019
Neighbour consultation start
16 August 2019
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2019
Last date for comments
7 September 2019
Target decision date
4 October 2019
Permission expires
20 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
ADS Structural Ltd
Agent address
25 Peelhouse Lane Widnes WA8 6TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

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 (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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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