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Arriva Bus Depot Jackson Street St Helens WA9 1AP

Granted St. Helens P/2025/0047/FUL Full Planning Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Proposed installation of a fenced compound to accommodate a mobile hydrogen trailer comprising of self contained hydrogen storage cells for the purpose of refuelling hydrogen powered buses.

As published by the council, reference P/2025/0047/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2025/0047/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant
Received
26 Jan 2025
Validated
29 Jan 2025
Decided
26 Mar 2025
Ward
Peasley Cross & Fingerpost Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA9 1AP

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • C/2025/0042/CON Granted

    Arriva Bus Depot Jackson Street St Helens WA9 1AP

    Discharge condition 3 (bat and bird boxes) on approval P/2025/0047/FUL.

    Decided 16 Sep 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Jan 2025

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 29 Jan 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Decision issued: Grant

  4. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • C/2025/0042/CON Granted

    Arriva Bus Depot Jackson Street St Helens WA9 1AP

    Discharge condition 3 (bat and bird boxes) on approval P/2025/0047/FUL.

    Decided 16 Sep 2025 Conditions

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Paul Butler Associates Ltd Agent, registered in Manchester

Active · incorporated 1997 · Manchester

643 applications on PlanIndex · across 20 councils · 95% granted

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Documents

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

27 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St. Helens granted permission on 26 March 2025, 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.

About full applications

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