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12 Boxwood Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA9 3LH

P/2025/0099/FULFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to (C2) for a short-term respite facility.

Received
17 February 2025
Decision due
14 April 2025
Public comments
4
Ward
Sutton North West Ward
Agent
Planning-By-Design
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 13 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (18)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 12 Boxwood Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA9 3LH. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 February 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Sutton North West Ward. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the WA9 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
WA9 3LH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2025
Consultation expiry
22 April 2025
Consultation start
20 February 2025
Consultation end
13 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
15 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2025
Last date for comments
22 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning-By-Design
Architect profile
PLANNING BY DESIGN LTD
Agent address
167-169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 February 2025
Site notice end
18 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13779135
Documents
18
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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