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33 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QA WA10 1QA

P/2020/0932/R2RRetail to Restaurant/Cafe Prior ApprovalWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 5 February 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval for the change of use from Retail (A1) to Restaurant (A3).

Received
22 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
RJG Architecture Ltd
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 33 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QA WA10 1QA. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 45 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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

Postcode
WA10 1QA
Application type
Retail to Restaurant/Cafe Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2020
Consultation expiry
27 January 2021
Consultation start
4 January 2021
Consultation end
25 January 2021
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
27 January 2021
Last date for comments
27 January 2021
Target decision date
17 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
RJG Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
RJG ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Rainford Hall Crank Road St Helens WA11 7RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
8

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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