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Beecham Building St Helens College Water Street St Helens

P/2022/0422/ADCAdvertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 12 May 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Consent to display 1no illuminated fascia sign.

Received
16 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Jul
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 319 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Beecham Building St Helens College Water Street St Helens. St Helens has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 330 days, 39 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.

89% of advertising 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
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2022
Consultation expiry
4 August 2022
Consultation start
29 June 2022
Consultation end
20 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
5 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
26 July 2022
Last date for comments
4 August 2022
Target decision date
22 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Claughton Street St Helens WA10 1GP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 July 2022
Advertisement expiry
4 August 2022
Site notice start
14 July 2022
Site notice end
4 August 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11323008
Documents
9
Constraints
23

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    22 Jun

    Listed building consent to display 1no illuminated fascia sign.

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongsideP/2022/0423/LBC
  2. 2022
    16 Jun

    Consent to display 1no illuminated fascia sign.

    This applicationRefusedDischarge of conditionsP/2022/0422/ADC

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