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55 High Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SL

P/2023/0357/ADCAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 7 August 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Retrospective application for consent to display 1no externally illuminated fascia sign.

Received
16 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Newton East Ward
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 55 High Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SL. St Helens has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Newton-le-Willows conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.

89% of advertising 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 9SL
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2023
Consultation expiry
25 July 2023
Consultation start
4 July 2023
Consultation end
25 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
27 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
18 July 2023
Last date for comments
25 July 2023
Target decision date
8 August 2023
Permission expires
6 August 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 June 2023
Advertisement expiry
20 July 2023
Site notice start
4 July 2023
Site notice end
25 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12162921
Documents
11
Constraints
13

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: High Street+1 more
  • 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, 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

  1. 2023
    16 May

    Retrospective application for the change of paint colour to front elevation from white to black.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideP/2023/0356/FUL
  2. 2023
    16 May

    Retrospective application for consent to display 1no externally illuminated fascia sign.

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsP/2023/0357/ADC

Source: St Helens

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