53 Laurel Drive Eccleston St Helens WA10 5JB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Extension to existing dormer and replacement of roof from flat to pitched. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 30 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 5
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £287,770 in December 2006. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- St Helens
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Postcode
- WA10 5JB
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Eccleston Ward
- Parish
- Eccleston Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Grant
- Decision date
- 30 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 32 days from validation, 20 days faster than St Helens's median of 52 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by St Helens in the last twelve months, from validation. St Helens decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14703453
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14703453
- Neighbours
- 3 Mar 2026
- Consultation
- 3 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 24 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
St Helens is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #38 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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