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Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens WA10 1AJ

P/2020/0111/DCADemolition in a Conservation AreaRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 3 September 2020

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Proposal

Demolition of former public house in a Conservation Area.

Received
4 February 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Lawrenson Associates
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 212 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens WA10 1AJ. St Helens has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the George Street conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications 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.

94% of all 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 1AJ
Application type
Demolition in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2020
Consultation expiry
9 September 2020
Consultation start
19 August 2020
Consultation end
9 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2020
Last date for comments
19 March 2020
Target decision date
31 March 2020
Committee meeting
1 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lawrenson Associates
Agent address
1 The Globe 142 Hardshaw Street St. Helens WA10 1JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2020
Advertisement expiry
19 March 2020
Site notice start
14 February 2020
Site notice end
6 March 2020

Additional information

Documents
47
Constraints
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: George Street Quarter
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street, St Helens
  • Brownfield land register: Raven Lodge, 113 Church Street, St. Helens, WA10 1AJRegister 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Sep

    Discharge of condition 9 (materials) and condition 10 (bird boxes) on approval P/2025/0579/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsC/2026/0141/CON
  2. 2026
    2 Sep

    Discharge condition 11 (construction method statement) on approval P/2025/0538/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsC/2026/0130/CON
  3. 2026
    9 Jul

    Discharge conditions 3 (coal mining), 4 (safe site) and 5 (remediation) on application P/2025/0579/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsC/2026/0110/CON
  4. 2026
    9 Jul

    Discharge conditions 8 (remediation), 19 (coal mining) and 20 (safe site) on application P/2025/0538/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsC/2026/0109/CON
  5. 2026
    16 Mar

    Discharge condition 24 (programme of archaeological works) on application P/2025/0538/FUL

    Discharge of conditionsC/2026/0058/CON
  6. 2025
    21 Oct

    Partial demolition of existing lean-to structure to rear, erection of a three storey rear extension and…

    ApplicationP/2025/0579/FUL

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