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25 - 27 Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9BQ

P/2026/0150/FULFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from vacant ancillary accommodation associated with the ground use premises to 2no studio apartments (Class C3) to the first and attic floor levels, with rear dormer extension and external alterations. Alterations to the shopfront and a new doorway at front.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision due
14 May 2026
Ward
Newton West Ward
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 14 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 25 - 27 Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9BQ. 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 the Earlestown conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Newton West Ward. We hold 177 applications in total for the WA12 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
WA12 9BQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
24 March 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026
Last date for comments
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
35 Old Hall Drive Ashton In Makerfield Wigan WN4 9NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
30 April 2026
Site notice start
26 March 2026
Site notice end
18 April 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Source: St Helens

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