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Burgess Farm Burrows Lane Eccleston St Helens WA10 5PS

P/2026/0061/A2DPAAgricultural to Dwelling Prior ApprovalPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to dwellinghouse.

Received
2 February 2026
Decided
27 March 2026 · Prior Not Required
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Eccleston Ward
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in St Helens88% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a change of use at Burgess Farm Burrows Lane Eccleston St Helens WA10 5PS. St Helens has handled 432 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 48 days. This one was decided in 53 days, 5 days longer than St Helens's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Eccleston Ward. We hold 798 applications in total for the WA10 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
P/2026/0061/A2DPA
Address
Burgess Farm Burrows Lane Eccleston St Helens WA10 5PS
Postcode
WA10 5PS
Local Authority
St Helens
Application Type
Agricultural to Dwelling Prior Approval
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Eccleston Ward
Parish
Eccleston Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
MSA Architects
Agent Address
89 High Street Newton-le-Willows WA12 9SL

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
2 February 2026
Consultation Expiry
9 March 2026
Target Decision Date
30 March 2026
Date Decided
27 March 2026
Date Validated
2 February 2026
Date Submitted
2 February 2026
Consultation Start
4 February 2026
Consultation End
25 February 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
10 February 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
3 March 2026
Last Date for Comments
10 March 2026
Permission Expires
27 March 2029

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Not Required
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
16 February 2026
Site Notice End
9 March 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14214970
Comments
5
Documents
18
Coordinates
53.447872, -2.791075
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: St Helens

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Planning constraints

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

  • Green belt: St. Helens
  • 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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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