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St Benedicts Wood Wedgewood Gardens Rainhill

P/2011/0786TPO ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 November 2011

Council decision: TPO Consent GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for the felling of 1no. horse chestnut, 2no. sycamores, 2no. beech, 1no. ash and 1no. elm tree.

Received
19 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eccleston Ward
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Benedicts Wood Wedgewood Gardens Rainhill. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Eccleston Ward.

96% of trees 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

Application type
TPO Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eccleston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2011
Consultation expiry
13 October 2011
Consultation start
22 September 2011
Consultation end
13 October 2011
Neighbour consultation start
23 September 2011
Last date for comments
13 October 2011
Target decision date
14 November 2011
Committee meeting
1 November 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
688 Main Street Frodsham Cheshire WA6 7AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: St. HelensPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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

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