42 - 44 Bridge Street St Helens WA10 1NW
Approved on 12 August 2024
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for proposed change of use of first and second floors from Class E use to residential flats (C3)
- Received
- 2 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- RJG Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Jul
- ValidatedValidated2 Jul
- Consult.Consultation29 Jul
- TargetTarget Date27 Aug
- DecidedDecided12 Aug
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 42 - 44 Bridge Street St Helens WA10 1NW. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. 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.
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 1NW
- Application type
- Shop to Dwelling Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 1 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 8 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 29 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 1 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 27 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 12 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RJG Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- RJG ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Stables Pasture Lane Business Centre St Helens WA11 8PU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 1 August 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12992458
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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