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Land Site Of Former Travellers Rest 21 Crab Street St Helens

P/2020/0473/OUPOutline Planning ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 January 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Outline application for up to 61No residential apartments with all matters reserved, except access.

Received
6 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
MBED Architects Ltd
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 192 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Site Of Former Travellers Rest 21 Crab Street St Helens. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre 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
Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
61

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2020
Consultation expiry
26 November 2020
Consultation start
5 November 2020
Consultation end
26 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
19 August 2020
Last date for comments
5 September 2020
Target decision date
9 October 2020
Permission expires
18 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MBED Architects Ltd
Agent address
Unit G04 12 Jordan Street Liverpool L1 0BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 August 2020
Advertisement expiry
3 September 2020
Site notice start
14 August 2020
Site notice end
5 September 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08471842
Comments
0
Documents
68
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

Source: St Helens

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