Planning application
Cowley Hill College Street St Helens Merseyside
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Proposal
Application for reserved matters, seeking approval for details of the appearance, layout, scale and landscaping for 212 no. dwellings with associated parking, infrastructure and open space, pursuant to Condition 2 attached to outline planning permission P/2020/0083/OUEIA
As published by the council, reference P/2026/0016/RES
Application record
- Reference
- P/2026/0016/RES
- Type
- Reserved Matters
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 6 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 6 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Moss Bank Ward
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jan 2026
Received by St. Helens
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 March 2026, 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 77 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Nexus Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London
Active · incorporated 2013 · London
326 applications on PlanIndex · across 66 councils · 97% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
179 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with St. Helens for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St. Helens's median decision took 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About reserved matters applications
A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.
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P/2023/0685/RES Granted
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P/2025/0235/RES Granted
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P/2025/0124/RES Granted
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P/2024/0114/RES Granted
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