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5 - 7 Hardshaw Street St Helens WA10 1QX

P/2022/0342/S2DPAShop to Dwelling Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 July 2022

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for subdivision of ground floor commercial unit with the creation of 7no flats

Received
17 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
RJG Architecture Ltd
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 5 - 7 Hardshaw Street St Helens WA10 1QX. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Victoria Square conservation area, with 1 listed building 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.

88% of outline 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 1QX
Application type
Shop to Dwelling Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2022
Consultation expiry
16 June 2022
Consultation start
23 May 2022
Consultation end
13 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start
24 May 2022
Neighbour consultation end
16 June 2022
Last date for comments
16 June 2022
Target decision date
12 July 2022
Permission expires
12 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RJG Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
RJG ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Stables Pasture Lane Business Centre Pasture Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 May 2022
Site notice end
16 June 2022

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Victoria Square
  • 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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