Planning application
Beechams Water Street St Helens WA10 1QL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of existing ground floor commercial unit (Class E) to 1no bed apartment (C3).
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0114/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0114/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant
- Received
- 24 Dec 2024
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2025
- Decided
- 15 May 2025
- Ward
- Town Centre Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA10 1QL
Site history
Applications at this address on the St. Helens register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P/2025/0115/LBC Granted
Beechams Water Street St Helens WA10 1QL
Listed building consent for construction of stud walls to facilitate conversion to residential use.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Dec 2024
Received by St. Helens
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25 Feb 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 May 2025
Decision issued: Grant
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
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ADS Structural Ltd Agent, registered in Southend On Sea
Active · incorporated 2011 · Southend On Sea
16 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 85% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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St. Helens granted permission on 15 May 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.
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Beechams Water Street St Helens WA10 1QL
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