Former NHS Buildings Cowley Hill Lane St Helens WA10 2AP

P/2021/0829/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 2 November 2022

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of 23no dwellings (C3) and retirement apartment scheme comprising of 54no independent living flats (C3) with ancillary support services, communal facilities, associated landscaping, amenity space and car parking (amended description)

Received: 31 August 2021
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 1
Council: St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Windle Ward
Agent: Hive Land and Planning

ReceivedReceived31 Aug
ValidatedValidated31 Aug
Consult.Consultation9 Aug
TargetTarget Date30 Nov
DecidedDecided2 Nov

Decided in 428 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former NHS Buildings Cowley Hill Lane St Helens WA10 2AP. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 428 days, 53 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Windle 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 2AP
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 23

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 August 2021
Consultation expiry: 9 August 2022
Consultation start: 19 July 2022
Consultation end: 9 August 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 19 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 6 October 2021
Last date for comments: 4 November 2021
Target decision date: 30 November 2021
Committee meeting: 26 July 2022
Permission expires: 2 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hive Land and Planning
Agent address: First Floor Swan Buildings Swan Street Manchester M4 5JW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 30 September 2021
Advertisement expiry: 21 October 2021
Site notice start: 14 October 2021
Site notice end: 4 November 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10015411
Documents: 111
Constraints: 26

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Halton and St Helens PCT HQ, Cowley Hill, Windle, WA10 2UERegister site at or near this address
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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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