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Former Bargain Buys Lowe Street St Helens WA10 2QS

P/2025/0690/FULFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Proposed change of use including a new front and side extensions to former retail unit (Class E) to form a self storage facility (Class B) and ancillary offices (Class E) along with 2.2m high boundary fence, external refuse store and 4no electric vehicle charging points

Received
18 December 2025
Decision due
19 March 2026
Public comments
8
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
C W Architects Ltd
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 19 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (39)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Bargain Buys Lowe Street St Helens WA10 2QS. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 2QS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 January 2026
Last date for comments
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
C W Architects Ltd
Architect profile
C W ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Grosvenor House 8 Park Grove Cardiff CF10 3BN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
29 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14332083
Documents
39
Constraints
62

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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