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Earlestown Town Hall Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9BL

P/2024/0214/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 December 2024

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Proposal

Redevelopment of the Town Hall, comprising of change of use to mixed use, use classes E(g)(i), E(b-d), F1(d-e) and F2(b) and Sui Generis uses (theatre / cinema/ concert hall / dance hall / drinking establishment); single storey extension to the northwest elevation of the building and landscaping.

Received
24 April 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Newton West Ward
Agent
CBRE Limited
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 232 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Earlestown Town Hall Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9BL. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 232 days, 25 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Earlestown conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Newton West Ward. We hold 177 applications in total for the WA12 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
WA12 9BL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2024
Consultation expiry
24 December 2024
Consultation start
3 December 2024
Consultation end
24 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
7 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
28 May 2024
Last date for comments
6 June 2024
Target decision date
19 June 2024
Committee meeting
10 December 2024
Permission expires
12 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
CBRE Limited
Agent address
10th Floor One St Peters Square Manchester M2 3DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 May 2024
Advertisement expiry
6 June 2024
Site notice start
2 May 2024
Site notice end
23 May 2024

Additional information

Documents
114
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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  3. 2025
    15 Jul

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  4. 2025
    22 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 9 (programme of historic building investigation) on approval P/2024/0214/FUL

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  5. 2024
    24 Apr

    Redevelopment of the Town Hall, comprising of change of use to mixed use, use classes E(g)(i), E(b-d)…

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