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Beechams Water Street St Helens WA10 1QL

P/2025/0114/FULFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use of existing ground floor commercial unit (Class E) to 1no bed apartment (C3).

Received
24 December 2024
Decision due
22 April 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 31 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (5)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Beechams Water Street St Helens WA10 1QL. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 December 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
WA10 1QL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2025
Consultation expiry
3 April 2025
Consultation start
10 March 2025
Consultation end
31 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2025
Last date for comments
3 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
ADS STRUCTURAL
Agent address
25 Peelhouse Lane Widnes Cheshire WA8 6TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 March 2025
Site notice end
3 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13661322
Documents
5
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Beechams Clock Tower and officesOn this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    24 Dec

    Change of use of existing ground floor commercial unit (Class E) to 1no bed apartment (C3).

    This applicationPendingFullP/2025/0114/FUL
  2. 2024
    24 Dec

    Listed building consent for the change of use of existing ground floor commercial unit (Class E) to 1no bed…

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideP/2025/0115/LBC

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