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
- Granted As published: 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
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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St. Helens granted permission on 22 January 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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