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8 Hardshaw Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1RE

P/2023/0694/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 28 March 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective alterations to shop frontage, including replacement of window for a door, repainting of elevation to grey and retention of existing roller shutters (re-submission of application P/2023/0431/FUL)

Received
7 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 8 Hardshaw Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1RE. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Victoria Square conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
WA10 1RE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2023
Consultation expiry
11 January 2024
Consultation start
12 December 2023
Consultation end
2 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 January 2024
Last date for comments
11 January 2024
Target decision date
1 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Opus-4
Agent address
11 Melbourne Street Stalybridge SK15 2JE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
11 January 2024
Site notice start
14 December 2022
Site notice end
7 January 2023

Appeal history

3352747
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 March 2025Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12662566
Documents
8
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Victoria SquarePart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 23A Hardshaw Street, Town Centre, St Helens, WA10 1RTRegister 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 (20)

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 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    14 May

    Alterations to shop frontage.

    PendingFull Planning ApplicationP/2025/0286/FUL

Source: St Helens

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