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Smithkline Beechams Building And Clock Tower Westfield Street St Helens St Helens

Awaiting decision St. Helens C/2024/0003/CON Discharge of Conditions

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Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 5 (Written Scheme of Investigation), 12 (Contamination), 14 (Drainage Scheme), 15 (Drainage Management), 16 (Lighting Scheme), 19 (Landscaping), 22 (Cycle Parking), 24 (Boundary Treatments), 25 (Window Details) and 26 (Clock Restoration) from planning permission P/2022/0001/FUL.

As published by the council, reference C/2024/0003/CON

Application record

Reference
C/2024/0003/CON
Type
Discharge of Conditions
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
20 Dec 2023
Validated
17 Jan 2024
Ward
Town Centre Ward

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • C/2024/0004/CON Awaiting decision

    Smithkline Beechams Building And Clock Tower Westfield Street St Helens St Helens

    Discharge conditions 5 (written scheme of investigation), 6 (lighting), 7 (windows) and 8 (clock restoration) on approval P/2022/0002/LBC.

    Submitted 18 Jan 2024 Conditions
  • P/2021/0328/FUL Granted

    Smithkline Beechams Building And Clock Tower Westfield Street St Helens St Helens

    Change of use from ground floor foyer to Beauty Salon.

    Decided 1 Jun 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Dec 2023

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 17 Jan 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 March 2024, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    St. Helens took a median of 77 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, registered in Southend On Sea

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

53 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with St. Helens for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St. Helens decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 147 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

In St. Helens

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    Discharge of condition 7 (local employment scheme) on approval P/2023/0544/FUL.

    19 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0127/CON Awaiting decision

    Land Between Penny Lane & M6 Motorway Penny Lane Haydock St Helens WA11 9SG

    Discharge conditons 5 (external materials/boundary treatments), 6 (hard surfacing materials), 9 (bin stores), 10 (LEMP), 12 (bird and bat boxes), 24 (cycle and motorcycle parking), 27 (travel plan monitoring) & 28 (EV charging facilities) on approval P/2025/0457/FUL.

    19 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0125/CON Awaiting decision

    Sina Medical Glass Ltd Peasley Cross Lane St Helens WA9 3AL

    Discharge of Condition 14 on approval P/2023/0544/FUL.

    19 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0115/CON Granted

    Gerard Arms Hotel Dentons Green Lane Dentons Green St Helens WA10 6SD

    Discharge conditon 4 (toilet block materials) on application P/2026/0213/FUL.

    23 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0065/CON Granted

    Dalehead 7 Ingleholme Gardens Eccleston Park St Helens L34 2GD

    Discharge of conditions 5 (lighting strategy), 7 (bird boxes), 8 (hedgehog RAMS), 9 (amphibians and reptiles RAMS), 11 (bats/native shrub planting) and 14 (materials and siting) on approval P/2025/0599/FUL.

    17 Mar 2026 Conditions