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Main Building St Helens College Water Street St Helens

P/2023/0280/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness: ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 May 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed sub station.

Received
4 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Nexus Planning
  1. Received4 May
  2. Validated4 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jun
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Main Building St Helens College Water Street St Helens. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward.

88% of outline 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
Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 May 2023
Target decision date
29 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nexus Planning
Agent address
One Express 1 George Leigh St Ancoats Manchester Lancashire M4 5DL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12135352
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
12

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.

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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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