Land Bound By Corporation Street To The North, St Helens Central And Rail Lines To The East, St Helens Canal To The South And The Town Centre, Broadly Defined By Bickerstaffe Street And Market Street, To The West.

P/2022/0212/HYBRHybrid ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 March 2023

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Hybrid planning application seeking: - Full planning permission and permission for relevant demolition in a conservation area for proposed demolition and site preparation works; and - Outline planning permission for development of a mix of uses, comprising hotel use (Use Class C1); residential units (Use Class C3); commercial, business and service uses (Use Class E(a-g)); local community & learning uses (Use Class F1(b-e) and F2(b)); and Sui Generis uses, with associated access, servicing, parking, public realm and landscaping, with all matters (Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) reserved for future determination.

Received: 18 March 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 15
Council: St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Town Centre Ward
Agent: CBRE Ltd

ReceivedReceived18 Mar
ValidatedValidated29 Mar
Consult.Consultation23 Feb
TargetTarget Date28 Jun
DecidedDecided31 Mar

Decided in 367 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Land Bound By Corporation Street To The North, St Helens Central And Rail Lines To The East, St Helens Canal To The South And The Town Centre, Broadly Defined By Bickerstaffe Street And Market Street, To The West.. St Helens has handled 4,648 applications of this type. This one was decided in 378 days, 46 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward.

Application details

Application type: Hybrid Application
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 March 2022
Consultation expiry: 23 February 2023
Consultation start: 2 February 2023
Consultation end: 23 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 22 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 19 January 2023
Last date for comments: 19 January 2023
Target decision date: 28 June 2022
Committee meeting: 27 September 2022
Permission expires: 31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: CBRE Ltd
Agent address: 10th Floor 1 St Peter's Square Manchester M2 3DE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 18 August 2022
Advertisement expiry: 17 September 2022
Site notice start: 6 April 2022
Site notice end: 16 May 2022

Additional information

Documents: 204
Constraints: 370

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.

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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.

Associated applications

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2026
16 Mar
Discharge condition 30 (updated layout plans, highway adoption and drainage plans) on approval P/2023/0685/RES
PendingDischarge of conditionsC/2026/0059/CON

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