Planning application
Fibre Drums Ltd Abbey Way South Haydock St Helens WA11 0RW
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use for the land from General Industrial (Class B2) to Storage and Distribution (Class B8). Erection of a storage and distribution building (Class B8) with ancillary offices and associated service yard, parking, hard and soft landscaping. Retention of the removal of defective asbestos cement cladding and installation of new profiled steel cladding to existing unit.
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0362/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0362/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 13 May 2025
- Validated
- 18 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Haydock Ward
- Postcode
- WA11 0RW
Site history
Applications at this address on the St. Helens register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022.
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C/2022/0081/CON Split decision
Fibre Drums Ltd Abbey Way South Haydock St Helens WA11 0RW
Discharge of conditions 1 (3 year deadline), 2 (drawings), 3 (materials), 9 (intrustive site investigation & remedial works), 10 (site investigation) & 11 (drainage strategy) on approval P/2019/0263/FUL.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 May 2025
Received by St. Helens
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18 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
St. Helens took a median of 76 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Socio building surveying consultancy Agent, a surveying firm
16 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 73% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
93 documents on file for this application
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This application is with St. Helens for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St. Helens decided full applications in a median of 127 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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