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Horseshoe Hotel Derbyshire Hill Road St Helens WA9 2LJ

P/2025/0522/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 October 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to convenience store (Class E), with single storey extension following removal of existing extension and alterations to the building.

Received
12 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Parr Ward
Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 389 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Horseshoe Hotel Derbyshire Hill Road St Helens WA9 2LJ. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 389 days, 48 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Parr 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 2LJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2025
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation start
24 September 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 October 2025
Last date for comments
16 October 2025
Target decision date
7 November 2025
Permission expires
6 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cassidy + Ashton Group Ltd.
Architect profile
CASSIDY & ASHTON LIMITED
Agent address
7 East Cliff Preston PR1 3JE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 September 2025
Site notice end
16 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13999258
Documents
36

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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