18 Barrow Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1RX
Approved on 25 August 2020
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retention of office (A2) to front ground floor, along with formation of 2no self contained flats (part-retrospective), including alterations to side elevation.
- Received
- 30 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- MAT DESIGN
- ReceivedReceived30 Jun
- ValidatedValidated1 Jul
- Consult.Consultation28 Jul
- TargetTarget Date26 Aug
- DecidedDecided25 Aug
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 18 Barrow Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1RX. 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 1RX
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 July 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 29 July 2020
- Consultation start
- 7 July 2020
- Consultation end
- 28 July 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 July 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 July 2020
- Last date for comments
- 29 July 2020
- Target decision date
- 26 August 2020
- Permission expires
- 25 August 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MAT DESIGN
- Agent address
- 17 Brookside Avenue Eccleston St.Helens WA10 4RN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08825423
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 8-12 Ormskirk Street, Town Centre, St Helens, WA10 1BJRegister 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 (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202230 Mar
Change of use of ground floor flat (c3) to holistic & beauty treatment centre (sui generis)
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/2022/0271/FUL - 20208 Apr
Retention of office (A2) to front ground floor, along with formation of 2no self contained flats, including…
RefusedFull Planning ApplicationP/2020/0264/FUL
Source: St Helens
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