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3 Elderswood Rainhill St Helens L35 4QY

P/2018/0846/HHFPHouseholder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 January 2019

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey rear extension.

Received
26 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rainhill Ward
Agent
Trafford Surveyors
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 3 Elderswood Rainhill St Helens L35 4QY. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 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 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 4QY
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2018
Consultation expiry
20 December 2018
Consultation start
29 November 2018
Consultation end
20 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
29 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 2018
Last date for comments
20 December 2018
Target decision date
21 January 2019
Permission expires
16 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trafford Surveyors
Agent address
429 Wargrave Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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