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Rexmore House Cotham Street St Helens WA10 1SL

P/2023/0393/S2DPAShop to Dwelling Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 August 2023

Council decision: Prior Not Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from commercial units (Class E) into 9no one bedroom residential apartments (Class C3)

Received
30 June 2023
Public comments
4
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
SNOW Architects Ltd
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated30 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Rexmore House Cotham Street St Helens WA10 1SL. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward. We hold 825 applications in total for the WA10 postcode area.

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

Postcode
WA10 1SL
Application type
Shop to Dwelling Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 June 2023
Consultation expiry
7 August 2023
Consultation start
4 July 2023
Consultation end
25 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2023
Last date for comments
7 August 2023
Target decision date
25 August 2023
Permission expires
24 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SNOW Architects Ltd
Architect profile
SNOW ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Suite 8 Church House Hanover Street Liverpool L1 3DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 July 2023
Site notice end
7 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12279762
Documents
16
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 8-12 Ormskirk Street, Town Centre, St Helens, WA10 1BJRegister 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.

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.

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