Planning application
Extra Care Charitable Trust 34 Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9AN
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior approval for a change of use to first and second floors from office (Class E) to 2no flats (Class C3).
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0625/O2DPA
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0625/O2DPA
- Type
- Office to Dwelling Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant
- Received
- 5 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 20 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 27 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Newton West Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA12 9AN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Nov 2025
Received by St. Helens
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20 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Grant
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24 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Grand Developments Design & Build Agent, a design practice registered in St. Helens
Active · incorporated 2023 · St. Helens
2 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 27 January 2026, 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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