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Smithkline Beechams Building And Clock Tower Westfield Street St Helens Merseyside

P/2022/0002/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 6 June 2022

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the proposed conversion of existing building into a mixed use development of 18 residential apartments (7no. 1 bedroom and 11no. 2 Bedroom), a ground floor beauty salon and partial retention of offices, alteration to site vehicle access and external alterations to facilitate the conversion. Internal alteration to existing ground floor office accommodation to include covering of flooring.

Received
22 November 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Nicholson Design & Build Ltd
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Smithkline Beechams Building And Clock Tower Westfield Street St Helens Merseyside. St Helens has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward.

94% of all 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
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
18

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2022
Consultation expiry
16 June 2022
Consultation start
26 May 2022
Consultation end
16 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start
11 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2022
Last date for comments
3 February 2022
Target decision date
1 March 2022
Committee meeting
31 May 2022
Permission expires
6 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nicholson Design & Build Ltd
Agent address
Nicholson Residences Beechams Clocktower Water Street St Helens WA10 1PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
3 February 2022
Site notice start
11 January 2022
Site notice end
1 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10415213
Documents
54
Constraints
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Beechams Clock Tower and officesOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Smithkline Beechams Building and Clock Tower, Westfield Street, St HelensRegister 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    22 Nov

    Proposed conversion of existing building into a mixed use development of 18 residential apartments (7no. 1…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideP/2022/0001/FUL
  2. 2021
    22 Nov

    Listed Building Consent for the proposed conversion of existing building into a mixed use development of 18…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentP/2022/0002/LBC

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