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52A Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QJ

P/2025/0688/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from existing public house (sui generis) to offices (E).

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Lawrenson Associates
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 52A Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QJ. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1QJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation start
30 January 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 January 2026
Last date for comments
27 January 2026
Target decision date
13 February 2026
Permission expires
13 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lawrenson Associates
Agent address
1 The Globe 142 Hardshaw Street St. Helens WA10 1JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14557976
Documents
14
Constraints
47

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 or next to 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.

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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