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56 - 58 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QJ

P/2026/0132/FULFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use and splitting of existing commercial building into 2no ground floor units for class E use. First floor rear extension and conversion to Class E office use. Facade upgrades including window/doors.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision due
5 May 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Agent
Groves Town Planning
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (11)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 56 - 58 Westfield Street St Helens WA10 1QJ. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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 1QJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation start
12 March 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Groves Town Planning
Agent address
31 Kildonan Road Grappenhall Warrington WA4 2LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
23 April 2026
Site notice start
16 March 2026
Site notice end
8 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14765870
Documents
11
Constraints
49

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.

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© 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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