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Land Fronting Shops At 17 To 27 Bassenthwaite Avenue St Helens Merseyside

P/2019/0852/DEMPADemolition Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 December 2019

Council decision: Prior Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification of demolition of three storey building at 17-27 Bassenthwaite Avenue.

Received
7 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Moss Bank Ward
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land Fronting Shops At 17 To 27 Bassenthwaite Avenue St Helens Merseyside. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Moss Bank Ward.

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

Application type
Demolition Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2019
Consultation expiry
13 December 2019
Consultation start
22 November 2019
Consultation end
13 December 2019
Target decision date
18 December 2019
Permission expires
16 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08267090
Documents
16
Constraints
27

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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