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The Golden Lion 94 Lyon Street St Helens WA10 2RD

P/2025/0593/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of existing public house ground floor (Sui Generis) to Class E(a) retail convenience store (off-licence) including internal refurbishment and reconfiguration of ground floor layout. Retention of associated flat at first-floor level for staff accommodation.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Town Centre Ward
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Golden Lion 94 Lyon Street St Helens WA10 2RD. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There have been 2 other applications 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 2RD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
24 November 2025
Consultation end
8 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 December 2025
Target decision date
26 December 2025
Permission expires
23 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 November 2025
Site notice end
24 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14438295
Documents
57
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Feb

    Discharge of conditon 3 (parking layout) and condition 7 (Cycle parking scheme) on approval of P/2025/0593/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsC/2026/0050/CON
  2. 2025
    27 Oct

    Change of use of existing public house ground floor (Sui Generis) to Class E(a) retail convenience store…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2025/0593/FUL

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