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C/2025/0152/CON - Discharge of Conditions Approved

Proposal

Discharge conditions 5 (development framework masterplan) and 17 (design framework) on approval . Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 25 Oct 2026, 07:28

Application progress

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Received

17 Dec 2025

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Validated

23 Dec 2025

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Consultation

8 Jan 2026

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Approved

23 Oct 2026

Approved on 23 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS COMMENTS Correspondance from Agent/Applicant · 6 May 2026 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENTS SUMMARY Other · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

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 about 9 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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.

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Important details

Council: St Helens
Application type: Discharge of Conditions
Received: 17 Dec 2025
Validated: 23 Dec 2025
Ward: Moss Bank Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Feb 2026
Decision: Grant
Decision date: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Nexus Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 304 days from validation, 231 days slower than St Helens's median of 73 for discharge of conditions. Approved, as 100% of discharge of conditions here are.

This one304d

Council73d

UK52d

38%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

133decided in the last year

Plota live figures for discharge of conditions decided by St Helens in the last twelve months, from validation. St Helens decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 8 Jan 2026
Comments by: 29 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

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