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St Helens Town Hall Victoria Square St Helens WA10 1HP

P/2020/0200/FULFull Planning Permission: Regulation 3Approved
Full

Approved on 5 May 2020

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing chimney, alterations to existing wall along with installation of guard rails.

Received
10 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at St Helens Town Hall Victoria Square St Helens WA10 1HP. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Victoria Square conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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.

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 1HP
Application type
Full Planning Permission: Regulation 3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2020
Consultation expiry
16 April 2020
Consultation start
16 March 2020
Consultation end
6 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
6 April 2020
Last date for comments
16 April 2020
Target decision date
5 May 2020
Permission expires
5 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
St Helens Council
Agent address
5th Floor Wesley House Corporation Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 March 2020
Advertisement expiry
16 April 2020
Site notice start
18 March 2020
Site notice end
8 April 2020

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    1 Oct

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Method statement) on approval P/2020/0200/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/2020/0082/CON
  2. 2020
    10 Mar

    Demolition of existing chimney, alterations to existing wall along with installation of guard rails.

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2020/0200/FUL

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