Planning application
8 - 16A Cotham Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1SA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conversion of four vacant shop units and two vacant restaurants into six new bar/restaurant units, including outdoor courtyard areas and relocating existing shopfronts to create outdoor loggia areas.
As published by the council, reference P/2020/0834/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/2020/0834/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 29 Sep 2020
- Validated
- 18 Nov 2020
- Decided
- 22 Jan 2021
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA10 1SA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Sep 2020
Received by St. Helens
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18 Nov 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jan 2021
Decision issued: Grant
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4 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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