P And S Selfdrive Station Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0LL
Approved on 27 November 2017
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of vacant freestanding pre-fab building adjacent to the existing car repair garage to retail unit, along with new shop front alterations to east and west (front and rear) elevations.
- Received
- 3 October 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation21 Nov
- TargetTarget Date28 Nov
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at P And S Selfdrive Station Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0LL. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 0LL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 October 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 21 November 2017
- Consultation start
- 31 October 2017
- Consultation end
- 21 November 2017
- Last date for comments
- 21 November 2017
- Target decision date
- 28 November 2017
- Permission expires
- 27 November 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 October 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 November 2017
- Site notice start
- 31 October 2017
- Site notice end
- 21 November 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 37
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20197 Jul
Consent to display 2no externally illuminated fascia signs and 1no hoarding sign.
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP/2019/0499/ADC - 20197 Jul
Variation of condition 2 & 3 on approval P/2019/0143/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P/2019/0494/S73 - 201918 Feb
Change of use to funeral directors.
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/2019/0143/FUL
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