Land Between Billinge Wastewater Treatment Works Birchley Road St Helens

P/2019/0178/HEDGHedgerow RemovalApproved

Approved on 9 April 2019

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of section of hedgerow to facilitate construction of wastewater pipeline between Billinge treatment works and Sandy Lane.

Received: 8 March 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Billinge And Seneley Green Ward

ReceivedReceived8 Mar
ValidatedValidated8 Mar
Consult.Consultation4 Apr
TargetTarget Date19 Apr
DecidedDecided9 Apr

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Between Billinge Wastewater Treatment Works Birchley Road St Helens. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Billinge And Seneley Green 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: Hedgerow Removal
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Billinge Chapel End Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 March 2019
Consultation expiry: 5 April 2019
Consultation start: 14 March 2019
Consultation end: 4 April 2019
Last date for comments: 5 April 2019
Target decision date: 19 April 2019
Permission expires: 9 April 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 15 March 2019
Site notice end: 5 April 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07688767
Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: 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 (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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Source: St Helens

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