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Waterworks Cottages 1 Southworth Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 0BN

P/2023/0312/COTWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 June 2023

Council decision: TPO Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works to various trees within conservation area.

Received
16 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Newton East Ward
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Waterworks Cottages 1 Southworth Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 0BN. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Newton-le-Willows conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Newton East Ward. We hold 177 applications in total for the WA12 postcode area.

96% of trees 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
WA12 0BN
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2023
Consultation expiry
16 June 2023
Consultation start
18 May 2023
Consultation end
8 June 2023
Last date for comments
16 June 2023
Target decision date
27 June 2023
Permission expires
16 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 May 2023
Site notice end
16 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12165216
Documents
6
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.

  • Conservation area: Newton-le-Willows+1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Source: St Helens

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