14 - 16 Ormskirk Street St Helens WA10 1BJ
Approved on 3 March 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Application to formalise merger of premises, utilising rear part of vacant unit 1 & ground floor of unit 2 (as per previous consent), along with change of use to front of unit 1 to be utilised as a gyros hot food takeaway. Retention of existing tattoo parlour on upper floors. Alterations to front elevation including changes to fenestration [part-retrospective] [Amended description].
- Received
- 29 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- RJG Architecture LTD
- ReceivedReceived29 Dec
- ValidatedValidated29 Dec
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date23 Feb
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 14 - 16 Ormskirk Street St Helens WA10 1BJ. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than St Helens's typical decision time. 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 1BJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 29 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 3 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RJG Architecture LTD
- Architect profile
- RJG ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Stables Pasture Lane Business Centre St. Helens WA11 8PU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 8 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 29 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14587949
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 55
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 8-12 Ormskirk Street, Town Centre, St Helens, WA10 1BJRegister 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 (21)
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 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.
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