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580 Somerfield Store Warrington Road Rainhill L35 4LZ

P/2004/1939Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2005

Council decision: Full Plans Grant Conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to existing customer/staff parking areas and landscaping treatments thereto, erection of new fencing, gates and lighting and alterations to existing walls, fences and gates.

Received
22 December 2004
Ward
Rainhill Ward
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 580 Somerfield Store Warrington Road Rainhill L35 4LZ. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rainhill 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 4LZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2004
Consultation expiry
28 January 2005
Consultation start
14 January 2005
Consultation end
28 January 2005
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2005
Last date for comments
28 January 2005
Target decision date
17 February 2005
Committee meeting
11 February 2005
Decision issued
14 February 2005
Permission expires
8 February 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
86 KING STREET MANCHESTER M2 4WQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Rainhill, St Helens
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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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