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8 Sherwood Close Rainhill St Helens L35 4RA

P/2000/0248Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 August 2000

Council decision: Full Plans Grant Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE TO INCORPORATE LAND FOR USE AS PRIVATE GARDEN

Received
29 March 2000
Ward
Eccleston Ward
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 Sherwood Close Rainhill St Helens L35 4RA. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Eccleston Ward. We hold 1,084 applications in total for the L35 postcode area.

93% of full applications at St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
L35 4RA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eccleston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2000
Target decision date
27 May 2000
Committee meeting
11 May 2000
Permission expires
2 August 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
8 Sherwood Close Rainhill L35 4RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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