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6 Elephant Lane Thatto Heath St Helens WA9 5QG

P/2022/0859/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Alterations to shop front to facilitate access to first floor flat

Received
18 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Thatto Heath Ward
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 6 Elephant Lane Thatto Heath St Helens WA9 5QG. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 18 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Thatto Heath Ward. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the WA9 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
WA9 5QG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2022
Consultation expiry
24 January 2023
Consultation start
22 December 2022
Consultation end
12 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
24 January 2023
Last date for comments
24 January 2023
Target decision date
15 February 2023
Permission expires
13 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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