12 - 14 George Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BU
Approved on 21 September 2022
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from a retail unit to a bar (Use Class E to Sui Generis)
- Received
- 22 July 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- M F Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived22 Jul
- ValidatedValidated27 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Aug
- TargetTarget Date21 Sep
- DecidedDecided21 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 12 - 14 George Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BU. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the George Street 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.
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
- WA10 1BU
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 July 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2022
- Consultation start
- 29 July 2022
- Consultation end
- 19 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 August 2022
- Last date for comments
- 1 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 21 September 2022
- Permission expires
- 21 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- M F Architecture Ltd
- Agent address
- PO Box 168 Aigburth Liverpool L17 8WD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 August 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 September 2022
- Site notice start
- 1 August 2022
- Site notice end
- 22 August 2022
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: George Street Quarter
- Brownfield land register: Raven Lodge, 113 Church Street, St. Helens, WA10 1AJRegister 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 (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: St Helens
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Nearby applications
- 12 - 14 George Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BUP/2019/0334/FUL · FullApproved0.0 mi
- 12 - 14 George Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BUP/2019/0335/ADC · AdvertisingApproved0.0 mi
- Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens WA10 1AJP/2019/0854/DCA · HeritageRefused0.0 mi
- Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens WA10 1AJP/2020/0111/DCA · HeritageRefused0.0 mi
- 19 - 21 George Street St Helens WA10 1DAC/2023/0094/CON · ConditionsAwaiting decision0.0 mi
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