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Shoots Delph Farm Birchley View St Helens WA11 7NU

P/2023/0240/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to dog walking and exercise paddocks with associated car parking and infrastructure.

Received
6 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Moss Bank Ward
Agent
Adams Planning + Development Ltd
  1. Received6 Apr
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 163 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Shoots Delph Farm Birchley View St Helens WA11 7NU. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Moss Bank Ward. We hold 608 applications in total for the WA11 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
WA11 7NU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2023
Consultation expiry
23 June 2023
Consultation start
16 June 2023
Consultation end
23 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 May 2023
Last date for comments
19 May 2023
Target decision date
7 June 2023
Permission expires
22 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Adams Planning + Development Ltd
Agent address
The Oaks Oaks Drive Crook Road Bowness-on-Windermere LA23 3JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 April 2023
Site notice end
19 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11991036
Comments
0
Documents
30
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: St. Helens
  • 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    1 May

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of solar panels on agricultural building.

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness: ProposedP/2025/0308/CLP
  2. 2024
    4 Mar

    Extension of existing agricultural building to provide an additional hay store with associated infrastructure.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/2024/0124/FUL
  3. 2021
    17 May

    Discharge conditions 3(materials) and condition 4 (historic building details)on approval P/2020/0825/HHFP

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/2021/0045/CON
  4. 2020
    12 Nov

    Part two storey, part single storey side extension with balcony to flat roof

    ApprovedHouseholderP/2020/0825/HHFP
  5. 2017
    10 Nov

    Construction of a new access roadway from the junction of Moss Bank Road to the existing farm yard.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/2017/0871/FUL
  6. 2016
    22 Nov

    Demolition of three existing barns / buildings, to be replace with one large agricultural cattle shed, and…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/2017/0015/FUL

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