48 Knowsley Road St Helens Merseyside WA10 4PW
Refused on 20 November 2020
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from class use (C3) dwelling to (C2) childrens home.
- Received
- 28 August 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- West Park Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Aug
- ValidatedValidated24 Sep
- Consult.Consultation19 Oct
- TargetTarget Date19 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 48 Knowsley Road St Helens Merseyside WA10 4PW. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 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 15 applications across West Park 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 4PW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 September 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 4 November 2020
- Consultation start
- 28 September 2020
- Consultation end
- 19 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 November 2020
- Last date for comments
- 4 November 2020
- Target decision date
- 19 November 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- APP/2021/0003/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Site constraints
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
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© 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.
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