Former Lea Green Colliery Lowfield Lane St Helens
Approved on 2 July 2014
Council decision: Full Plans Grant ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of 152 dwellings and open space to amend previously approved scheme P/2012/0005 "Substitution of house types".
- Received
- 28 March 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Thatto Heath Ward
- Agent
- Dca Ltd
- ReceivedReceived28 Mar
- ValidatedValidated28 Mar
- Consult.Consultation30 May
- TargetTarget Date27 Jun
- DecidedDecided2 Jul
Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Former Lea Green Colliery Lowfield Lane St Helens. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Thatto Heath Ward. We hold 177 applications in total for the WA12 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
- WA12 8DG
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission: Major Applicat
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 152
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 March 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 5 June 2014
- Consultation start
- 9 May 2014
- Consultation end
- 30 May 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 May 2014
- Last date for comments
- 30 May 2014
- Target decision date
- 27 June 2014
- Committee meeting
- 17 June 2014
- Decision issued
- 4 July 2014
- Permission expires
- 1 July 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Dca Ltd
- Agent address
- Dca Ltd 11 Ashtree Drive Little Neston Cheshire CH64 9QP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 May 2014
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 June 2014
Site constraints
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.
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