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Bowling Green Inn 125 Robins Lane St Helens WA9 3NQ

Refused St. Helens P/2020/0175/CLP Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing first floor dwelling C3(a) use, to house of multiple occupancy for up to 6 persons C3(c) use.

As published by the council, reference P/2020/0175/CLP

Application record

Reference
P/2020/0175/CLP
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
25 Feb 2020
Validated
4 Mar 2020
Decided
29 Apr 2020
Ward
Town Centre Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA9 3NQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • P/2025/0449/FUL Granted

    Bowling Green Inn 125 Robins Lane St Helens WA9 3NQ

    Demolition of existing smoking shelter and erection of a two-storey side extension, increase in ridge height of roof and erection of rear dormer to provide additional internal accommodation to the public house and to facilitate a self-contained apartment (Class C3) to the upper floor.

    Decided 5 Nov 2025 Full applications
  • P/2020/0185/FUL Granted

    Bowling Green Inn 125 Robins Lane St Helens WA9 3NQ

    Formation of a 6 bay car park,and smoking shelter,along with external alterations to form door openings and replacement boundary treatments.

    Decided 4 May 2020 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Feb 2020

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 4 Mar 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Apr 2020

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

MAT DESIGN LIMITED Agent, a design practice

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Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

St. Helens refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Bowling Green Inn 125 Robins Lane St Helens WA9 3NQ

    P/2020/0185/FUL Submitted 28 Feb 2020 50 yards away

    Formation of a 6 bay car park,and smoking shelter,along with external alterations to form door openings and replacement boundary treatments.

    Granted Full applications 19 docs

  • Bowling Green Inn 125 Robins Lane St Helens WA9 3NQ

    P/2025/0449/FUL Submitted 1 Aug 2025 50 yards away

    Demolition of existing smoking shelter and erection of a two-storey side extension, increase in ridge height of roof and erection of rear dormer to provide additional internal accommodation to the public house and to facilitate a self-contained apartment (Class C3) to the upper floor.

    Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +2 12 docs

  • Flat At Bowling Green Inn 125 Robins Lane St Helens WA9 3NQ

    P/2020/0332/CLP Submitted 16 May 2020 50 yards away

    Certificate of lawfulness for existing first floor dwelling C3(a) use, to house of multiple occupancy for up to 6 persons C4 use.

    Granted Lawful development 7 docs
    Domestic

  • 3 Baxters Lane St Helens St Helens WA9 3NJ

    P/2021/0889/HHFP Submitted 27 Sep 2021 50 yards away

    Single storey rear extension

    Granted Householder Extension 7 docs
    Small domestic

  • 3 Marina Avenue St Helens WA9 3TA

    P/2020/0799/CLP Submitted 29 Oct 2020 100 yards away

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension

    Withdrawn Lawful development Extension 9 docs
    Small domestic

  • 3 Marina Avenue St Helens Merseyside WA9 3TA

    P/2020/0636/CLP Submitted 2 Sep 2020 100 yards away

    Single storey rear extension.

    Refused Lawful development Extension 8 docs
    Small domestic

In St. Helens

  • P/2026/0537/CLP Awaiting decision

    1 Firefly Close Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8TF

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension.

    Received 12 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • P/2026/0534/CLP Awaiting decision

    31 Beacon Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7HF

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed rear dormer.

    Received 9 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • P/2026/0513/CLP Awaiting decision

    46 Smock Lane Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0SN

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a single storey rear extension.

    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • P/2026/0523/CLP Awaiting decision

    50 Junction Lane St Helens WA9 3JN

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to 4 person HMO (C4).

    Received 2 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • P/2026/0397/CLP Withdrawn

    143 Woodlands Road St Helens Merseyside WA11 9AG

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to childrens home (C2) for up to 2no children.

    Received 14 Jul, published by the council 12 Aug 2026 Lawful development