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Units 2 And 3 Empress Building Penny Lane Haydock St Helens WA11 9TF

P/2023/0327/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 September 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from commercial unit (Sui Generis use) to Veterinary Surgery (Class E). Two single storey rear extensions and external alterations to the building.

Received
25 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Haydock Ward
Agent
NWD Architects
  1. Received25 May
  2. Validated25 May
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 116 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Units 2 And 3 Empress Building Penny Lane Haydock St Helens WA11 9TF. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 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 27 applications across Haydock 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 9TF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 May 2023
Consultation expiry
12 September 2023
Consultation start
19 August 2023
Consultation end
9 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 September 2023
Last date for comments
12 September 2023
Target decision date
20 July 2023
Permission expires
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NWD Architects
Architect profile
NWD ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Old Coach Road Kelsall Cheshire CW6 0QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 June 2023
Site notice end
13 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12178512
Documents
22
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Associated applications

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    Discharge conditions 6 (cycle store) and 7 (boundary treatments) on approval P/2023/0327/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/2025/0110/CON
  2. 2023
    25 May

    Change of use from commercial unit (Sui Generis use) to Veterinary Surgery (Class E). Two single storey rear…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2023/0327/FUL

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