10 Canal Bank Industrial Park Navigation Road St Helens WA9 1FN
Approved on 19 March 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from General Industrial (Class B2)/Storage and Distribution (Class B8) to Gymnasium (Class E(d)).
- Received
- 7 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Agent
- MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated22 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date19 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 10 Canal Bank Industrial Park Navigation Road St Helens WA9 1FN. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 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 55 applications across Town Centre 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 1FN
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd
- Agent address
- 133 Mill Lane Newton - Le - Willows WA12 8BT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 27 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 17 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14590295
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 25
Site constraints
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.
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