33 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QA
Refused on 17 December 2019
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from existing A1 Bookshop to A5 hot food and takeaway
- Received
- 22 October 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- RJG Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived22 Oct
- ValidatedValidated22 Oct
- Consult.Consultation15 Nov
- TargetTarget Date17 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 33 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QA. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1QA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 October 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 15 November 2019
- Consultation start
- 25 October 2019
- Consultation end
- 15 November 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 October 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 November 2019
- Last date for comments
- 15 November 2019
- Target decision date
- 17 December 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RJG Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- RJG ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- RJG Architecture Ltd Rainford Hall, Crank Road Crank St. Helens WA11 7RP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 October 2019
- Site notice end
- 15 November 2019
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20235 May
Alterations to shop front, creation of separate access door and installation of flue extraction system to…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/2023/0306/FUL - 20227 Jul
Alterations to existing openings and erection of an external extract to the side.
WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationP/2022/0472/FUL
Source: St Helens
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