Cowley Hill Works City Road St Helens WA10 2RZ
Withdrawn on 21 December 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval for demolition of vacant sandwash building
- Received
- 1 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Moss Bank Ward
- Agent
- Nexus Planning
- ReceivedReceived1 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Jan
- DecidedDecided21 Dec
Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Cowley Hill Works City Road St Helens WA10 2RZ. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 20 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Moss Bank 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 2RZ
- Application type
- Demolition Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 2 January 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Nexus Planning
- Agent address
- One Express 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M45DL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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© 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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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Oct
Non-material amendment to revise approved drainage drawings referenced in condition 1 of application…
PendingNon-material amendmentA/2026/0036/NMA - 202629 Jul
Discharge condition 4 (diversion of Rainford Brook) on approval P/2023/0413/RES
PendingDischarge of conditionsC/2026/0119/CON - 20257 Jan
Non material amendment to alter wording of conditions 44 (channel restoration) and 45 (buffer zone) on…
PendingNon-material amendmentA/2025/0001/NMA - 202416 Feb
Discharge condition 5 (phasing plan) on approval P/2020/0083/OUEIA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/2024/0019/CON - 202321 Jun
Partial discharge of condition 18 (site investigation/remediation) in respect of the southern part of the…
WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsC/2023/0064/CON - 20239 Jun
Reserved Matters Application following outline consent P/2020/0083/OUEIA
PendingReserved mattersP/2023/0413/RES
Source: St Helens
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Nearby applications
- Cowley Hill Works City Road St Helens WA10 2RZC/2024/0019/CON · ConditionsApproved0.0 mi
- Cowley Hill Works City Road St Helens WA10 2RZC/2023/0064/CON · ConditionsWithdrawn0.0 mi
- Cowley Hill College Street St Helens MerseysideP/2026/0016/RES · OutlineAwaiting decision0.1 mi
- Cowley Hill Works City Road St Helens WA10 2RZA/2025/0001/NMA · AmendmentAwaiting decision0.1 mi
- Cowley Hill Works City Road St Helens MerseysideC/2026/0047/CON · ConditionsAwaiting decision0.1 mi
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