Letting Number 2, Former Argos Store The Hardshaw Centre St Helens WA10 1EB
Withdrawn on 20 January 2020
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from Retail (A1), to a mixed use comprising of offices (B1a), Coffee Shop (A1/A3), launderette (Sui Generis) and centre management office (A2).
- Received
- 14 December 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- D2 Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived14 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Letting Number 2, Former Argos Store The Hardshaw Centre St Helens WA10 1EB. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 37 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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.
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 1EB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 December 2019
- Target decision date
- 13 February 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- D2 Planning Limited
- Agent address
- Suite 3, Westbury Court Church Road Westbury Bristol BS9 3EF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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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