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Garswood Filling Station 280 - 290 Garswood Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0TU

P/2022/0372/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 August 2022

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing shop building, conversion of MOT centre to new shop with new cladding, roof alterations and shop front. Replacement of underground fuel tanks with forecourt alterations and new canopy and associated parking.

Received
27 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Billinge And Seneley Green Ward
Agent
Walker Design
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Garswood Filling Station 280 - 290 Garswood Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0TU. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Billinge And Seneley Green Ward. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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
WN4 0TU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seneley Green Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2022
Consultation expiry
27 July 2022
Consultation start
20 July 2022
Consultation end
27 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
8 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
29 June 2022
Last date for comments
7 July 2022
Target decision date
22 July 2022
Permission expires
19 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walker Design
Agent address
Bolton Arena Office G22 Arena Approach Horwich Bolton BL6 6LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 June 2022
Site notice end
7 July 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11264351
Documents
38
Constraints
9

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    19 Apr

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Archaeological watching), Condition 7 (Drainage), Condition 8 (Phase 2) and…

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsC/2023/0037/CON
  2. 2022
    27 May

    Demolition of existing shop building, conversion of MOT centre to new shop with new cladding, roof…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2022/0372/FUL

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