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Rectory Ce Primary School Rectory Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0QF

P/2026/0197/DEMPADemolition Prior ApprovalDecided
Outline / PiP

Decided on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval for demolition of prefabricated building.

Received
1 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Billinge And Seneley Green Ward
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.12 May
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Rectory Ce Primary School Rectory Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0QF. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Billinge And Seneley Green Ward. We hold 590 applications in total for the WN4 postcode area.

88% of outline 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
WN4 0QF
Application type
Demolition Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seneley Green Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2026
Consultation expiry
12 May 2026
Consultation start
28 April 2026
Consultation end
12 May 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026
Permission expires
12 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
St Helens Council
Agent address
Atlas House 2 Corporation Street St Helens WA9 1LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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