Penkford School Wharf Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9XZ
Approved on 4 September 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantPlanning committee
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Proposal
Prior approval for demolition of school buildings
- Received
- 12 July 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Newton West Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated26 Jul
- Consult.Consultation22 Aug
- TargetTarget Date23 Aug
- DecidedDecided4 Sep
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Penkford School Wharf Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9XZ. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- WA12 9XZ
- Application type
- Demolition Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 22 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 22 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 22 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 August 2024
- Committee meeting
- 3 September 2024
- Permission expires
- 3 September 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- St Helens Council
- Agent address
- Atlas House 2 Corporation Street St Helens WA9 1LD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 1 August 2024
- Site notice end
- 22 August 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 27
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: St. Helens
- 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, 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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