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The Gamble Institute Victoria Square St Helens WA10 1DY

P/2021/0297/FULFull Planning Permission: Regulation 3Approved
Full

Approved on 18 May 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed external repairs to the building to include replacement windows with timber double glazing, new granite cill to ground floor openings, reduction of chimney heights next to the lightwell, lead dressing to protect terracotta details on the gable coping and cornices, re-pointing and repair roof tiles with like for like replacements.

Received
23 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at The Gamble Institute Victoria Square St Helens WA10 1DY. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Victoria Square conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 1DY
Application type
Full Planning Permission: Regulation 3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2021
Consultation expiry
29 April 2021
Consultation start
25 March 2021
Consultation end
15 April 2021
Last date for comments
29 April 2021
Target decision date
18 May 2021
Permission expires
18 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Buttress
Architect profile
BUTTRESS LIMITED
Agent address
41 Bengal Street Manchester M4 6AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2021
Advertisement expiry
29 April 2021
Site notice start
31 March 2021
Site notice end
21 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09656199
Documents
19
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Victoria SquarePart of the site
  • 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, 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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