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117 Duke Street St Helens WA10 2JG

P/2021/0805/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 December 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed two storey extension and change of use from a takeaway to a cafe (change of use retrospective)

Received
2 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 117 Duke Street St Helens WA10 2JG. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 165 days, 16 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 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 2JG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2021
Consultation expiry
16 November 2021
Consultation start
26 October 2021
Consultation end
16 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
8 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
29 September 2021
Last date for comments
29 September 2021
Target decision date
28 October 2021
Permission expires
14 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
12

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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