50A Westfield Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1QF
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Proposal
Prior approval for a change of use of first floor from shop (Class E) to 1no flat/residential apartment (Class C3).
- Received
- 23 January 2025
- Decision due
- 25 March 2025
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 50A Westfield Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1QF. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 January 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 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.
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 1QF
- Application type
- Shop to Dwelling Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 20 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 25 February 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- TDS
- Agent address
- 30 Bold Business Centre Bold Lane St Helens WA9 4TX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 25 February 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Smithkline Beechams Building and Clock Tower, Westfield Street, St HelensRegister 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 (21)
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 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.
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