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First Floor 64 - 68 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QJ

P/2023/0145/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 April 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from first-floor restaurant (Class E) to 2no flats (C3) with alterations to rear elevation.

Received
6 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Lawrenson Associates
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at First Floor 64 - 68 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QJ. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker 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. 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 1QJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2023
Consultation expiry
4 April 2023
Consultation start
9 March 2023
Consultation end
30 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
14 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 April 2023
Last date for comments
4 April 2023
Target decision date
4 May 2023
Permission expires
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lawrenson Associates
Agent address
1 The Globe 142 Hardshaw Street St Helens WA10 1JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 March 2023
Site notice end
3 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11971864
Documents
13
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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 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.

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.

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