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Garswood Conservative Club 14 - 16 Station Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0SA

P/2025/0208/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 5 September 2025

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective change of use of conservative club (Sui Generis) to retail on ground floor (Class E) with installation of air conditioning units and 2-bedroom flat on first floor (Class C3).

Received
18 March 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Billinge And Seneley Green Ward
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Garswood Conservative Club 14 - 16 Station Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0SA. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 16 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Billinge And Seneley Green Ward. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 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
WN4 0SA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seneley Green Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2025
Consultation expiry
1 July 2025
Consultation start
26 August 2025
Consultation end
22 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
26 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 July 2025
Last date for comments
1 July 2025
Target decision date
23 May 2025
Committee meeting
2 September 2025
Permission expires
5 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 April 2025
Site notice end
3 May 2025

Additional information

Documents
40
Constraints
8

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.

Source: St Helens

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