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A/2025/0052/NMA - Non-Material Amendment Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non-material amendments to application , to bring approval in-line with numerous minor changes to site layout, elevations, fence line and bin storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Dec 2025
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Validated
17 Dec 2025
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Consultation
17 Dec 2025
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Approved
25 Feb 2026

Approved on 25 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 11

PDF BIN STORE - PREVIOUSLY APPROVED Other Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF BOUNDARY PLAN - PREVIOUSLY APPROVED Other Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APARTMENT BUILDING ELEVATIONS 01 - PREVIOUSLY APPROVED Other Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APARTMENT BUILDING ELEVATIONS 02 - PREVIOUSLY APPROVED Other Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN - PREVIOUSLY APPROVED Other Plan · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN - AMENDED Other · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APARTMENT BUILDING ELEVATIONS 01 - AMENDED Other Plan · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APARTMENT BUILDING ELEVATIONS 02 - AMENDED Other Plan · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF BOUNDARY PLAN - AMENDED Other Plan · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF BIN STORE - AMENDED Other Plan · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TREE RETENTION & PROTECTION PLAN Other · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF TREES AND WOODLANDS OFFICER COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF COVER LETTER Other · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TREE SCHEDULE Other · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF ADDENDUM - AMS Other · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 4

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the St Helens (St. Helens) built-up area; Priority habitat 43 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
St Helens
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
WA10 2AP
Received
15 Dec 2025
Validated
17 Dec 2025
Ward
Windle Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Jan 2026
Decision
Grant
Decision date
25 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
John McCall Architects

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14543618
Planning Portal ref
PP-14543618
Consultation
17 Dec 2025
Comments by
7 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

23 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Discharge of condition 14 (drainage management and maintence plan) and condition 21 (crim…
C/2025/0159/CON
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment to application P/2023/0011/S73 to add additional 2.1m fencing to h…
A/2025/0019/NMA
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 19 (amenity space maintenance) on approval P/2023/0011/S73
C/2024/0091/CON
2024 Approved
Partial discharge of conditions 16 and 18 (materials) on approval P/2023/0011/S73.
C/2024/0051/CON
2024
Discharge condition 20 (energy strategy) on approval P/2023/0011/S73 .
C/2024/0120/CON
2023 Withdrawn
Variation of condition 1 (approved drawings) to amend block paving to shared roads to tar…
P/2023/0674/S73
2024 Approved
Non material amendment to approval P/2023/0011/S73 to vary the design of hard landscaping…
A/2024/0033/NMA
2024
Discharge of condition 2(employment scheme), 6(waste management) & 12(grounds maintenance…
C/2024/0040/CON
2023 Approved
Discharge conditions 11 (Landscape Plan) and 15 (CEMP) on approval P/2023/0011/S73.
C/2023/0065/CON
2023 Approved
Discharge of condition 3 (affordable housng statement) on approval P/2023/0011/S73.
C/2023/0140/CON
2022 Approved
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and 14 (drainage) on approval P/2021/0829/FUL t…
P/2023/0011/S73
2023 Withdrawn
Variation of condition 14 (drainage plan) on approval P/2021/0829/FUL due to change in dr…
P/2023/0036/S73
2021 Approved
Erection of 23no dwellings (C3) and retirement apartment scheme comprising of 54no indepe…
P/2021/0829/FUL
2018 Approved
Development of Specialist C2 use class accommodation for the elderly consisting of apartm…
P/2018/0535/FUL
2018 Approved
Prior notification for demolition of former NHS buildings.
P/2018/0222/DEMPA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Land East Of 45 Cowley Hill Lane St Helens WA10 2AP
Discharge conditions 5 (street lighting), 8 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) an…
C/2022/0116/CON
2020 Withdrawn
41 Cowley Hill Lane St Helens Merseyside WA10 2AN
Change of use from 5 self-contained flats to residential care facility for up to 4 childr…
P/2020/0461/FUL
2019 Withdrawn
41 Cowley Hill Lane St Helens Merseyside WA10 2AN
Change of use from dwelling to residential child care facility.
P/2019/0771/FUL
2019 Approved
Halton And St Helens Primary Care Trust Cowley Hill Lane St Helens St Helens WA10 2AP
Discharge of condition 5 on approval P/2018/0535/ful.
C/2019/0078/CON
2018 Approved
Former NHS Primary Care Trust Cowley Hill Lane St Helens Merseyside WA10 2AP
Discharge of condition 4 and 6 on approval P/2018/0535/FUL.
C/2018/0136/CON
2018 Approved
Former NHS Primary Care Trust Cowley Hill Lane St Helens Merseyside WA10 2AP
Discharge of condition 8 on approval P/2018/0535/FUL.
C/2018/0135/CON
2018 Approved
Halton And St Helens Primary Care Trust Cowley Hill Lane St Helens WA10 2AP
Works to trees covered by a tree preservation order to remove tree (T10).
P/2018/0382/TPO
2018 Approved
Former NHS Building Cowley Hill Lane Merseyside WA10 2AP
Prior notification for demolition of former NHS buildings.
P/2018/0074/DEMPA
St Helens
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#22 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
St Helens decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #28 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #43 of 296
80%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #38 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #81 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
20 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
46 decided
499
Total decisions
26 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings