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Former St Helens Post Office 39 Bridge Street St Helens

P/2021/0189/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 June 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former post office to 4no units (Use Class E) and external alterations to the ground floor to form new accesses.

Received
5 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former St Helens Post Office 39 Bridge Street St Helens. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 29 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2021
Consultation expiry
31 March 2021
Consultation start
8 March 2021
Consultation end
29 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
31 March 2021
Last date for comments
31 March 2021
Target decision date
26 April 2021
Permission expires
22 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4th Floor Tower Alexandra Business Park Prescot Road St Helens WA10 3TP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09129214
Comments
0
Documents
27
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    12 Oct

    Proposed two storey rear extension with balconies above existing single storey flat roof, proposed additional…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideP/2021/0188/FUL
  2. 2020
    5 Oct

    Conversion of former post office to 4no units (Use Class E) and external alterations to the ground floor to…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2021/0189/FUL

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