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Former British Sidac Site, Land North Of Robins Lane Robins Lane Sutton

P/2023/0557/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 March 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full planning application for the construction of two industrial units for flexible use across classes E (g. iii), B2 and B8 with ancillary offices, car parking, infrastructure, landscaping and associated works.

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 533 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former British Sidac Site, Land North Of Robins Lane Robins Lane Sutton. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 551 days, 71 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Town Centre Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 March 2025
Consultation start
13 February 2025
Consultation end
6 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2023
Last date for comments
7 November 2023
Target decision date
1 January 2024
Permission expires
18 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Urbana
Agent address
Steel City House 2 West Street Sheffield S1 2GQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2023
Site notice start
17 October 2023
Site notice end
7 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12428079
Documents
141
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Viridor Glass Recycling, Lancots Lane, St. Helens, WA9 3GLRegister 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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© 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.

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    12 Dec

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  3. 2023
    14 Sep

    Full planning application for the construction of two industrial units for flexible use across classes E (g…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2023/0557/FUL

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