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13 - 15 Church Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BA

P/2020/0593/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 November 2020

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from A1 Retail to D2 (Leisure and assembly)at ground floor to provide new gymnasium.

Received
19 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Morse Webb Architects
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Sep
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 13 - 15 Church Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BA. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. 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 1BA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2020
Consultation expiry
17 September 2020
Consultation start
20 August 2020
Consultation end
10 September 2020
Neighbour consultation start
26 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
17 September 2020
Last date for comments
17 September 2020
Target decision date
14 October 2020
Permission expires
23 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Morse Webb Architects
Architect profile
MORSE WEBB LIMITED
Agent address
The Byre Lantern Courtyard The Street Bramley RG26 5DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08793217
Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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