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Newton Le Willows Railway Station Mill Lane Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SF

Refused St. Helens P/2024/0430/TELPA Telecommunications Prior Approval

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

Proposal

Prior approval for proposed installation of 20m lattice tower and associated works.

As published by the council, reference P/2024/0430/TELPA

Application record

Reference
P/2024/0430/TELPA
Type
Telecommunications Prior Approval
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
29 Aug 2024
Validated
29 Aug 2024
Decided
21 Oct 2024
Ward
Newton East Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA12 9SF

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 6 applications since 2023: 4 approved, 1 refused.

  • P/2024/0090/TELPA Withdrawn

    Newton Le Willows Railway Station Mill Lane Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SF

    Prior approval for 1no. 20m lattice tower with 3no antennas, 1no dish, 3no cabinets, located within a compound measuring 9 metres x 9 metres and associated ancillary works.

    Decided 9 Apr 2024 Telecoms
  • C/2023/0080/CON Granted

    Newton Le Willows Railway Station Mill Lane Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SF

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials) on approval P/2023/0319/LBC.

    Decided 1 Aug 2023 Conditions
  • P/2023/0708/LBC Granted

    Newton Le Willows Railway Station Mill Lane Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SF

    Listed Building Consent for 3no. braille map, and drop-off shelter.

    Decided 19 Apr 2024 Heritage and listed buildings
  • P/2023/0319/LBC Granted

    Newton Le Willows Railway Station Mill Lane Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SF

    Listed building consent for works regarding the extension of the existing 2no platforms at Newton-le-Willows Railway Station.

    Decided 14 Jul 2023 Heritage and listed buildings
  • Newton Le Willows Railway Station Mill Lane Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9SF

    Prior notification under Part 18, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order for extension of the existing 2no platforms at Newton-le-Willows Railway Station.

    Decided 14 Jul 2023 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Aug 2024

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 15 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

WHP Telecoms Ltd Agent, a telecoms contractor registered in Warrington

Active · incorporated 1998 · Warrington

1,149 applications on PlanIndex · across 173 councils · 69% granted

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Documents

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

22 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 telecoms applications

Telecoms applications cover masts, antennas and cabinets, usually as prior approval cases where the council considers siting and appearance only. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    Received 30 May, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Telecoms
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    Received 7 Jul, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Telecoms
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    Prior approval for the installation of 1no. 15m monopole with associated works, following the removal of 1no. existing wall mounted stub pole.

    Received 30 Oct, published by the council 4 Sep 2026 Telecoms
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    Prior approval for 1no sharable 25m lattice mast which collocates 1no. electricity transmission tower which is host to telecommunications approximately 315m to the southwest & 1no. electricity transmission tower 277m to the northwest, 7no cabinets, 6no antennas on 1no headframe, 2.4m high palisade fencing and ancillary development thereto.

    Received 11 Jul, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Telecoms
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    Prior approval for the installation of a 20m high monopole with headframe supporting 6no antennas, 1no 600mm transmission dish and 1no 300mm transmission dish, plus 2no ground-based equipment cabinets in a fenced compound and ancillary development thereto.

    Received 17 Apr, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Telecoms