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Former Lowes Forge Site Red Cat Lane Crank St Helens WA11 8RT

P/2019/0559/S73Section 73 - Removal/Variation of ConditApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 September 2019

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation / Removal of conditions 2, 3, 5 and 7 (amended landscaping plan).

Received
29 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Rainford Ward
Agent
MAT Design Limited
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Former Lowes Forge Site Red Cat Lane Crank St Helens WA11 8RT. St Helens has handled 465 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Rainford Ward. We hold 608 applications in total for the WA11 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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
WA11 8RT
Application type
Section 73 - Removal/Variation of Condit
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2019
Consultation expiry
3 September 2019
Consultation start
7 August 2019
Consultation end
28 August 2019
Neighbour consultation start
7 August 2019
Neighbour consultation end
29 August 2019
Last date for comments
3 September 2019
Target decision date
23 September 2019
Permission expires
23 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
MAT Design Limited
Agent address
17 Brookside Avenue Eccleston St. Helens WA10 4RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 August 2019
Site notice end
3 September 2019

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: St. Helens
  • Brownfield land register: Land Adjacent To Rose Farm Cottage, Red Cat Lane, Crank, St Helens, WA11 8RTRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    20 Apr

    Non material amendments to P/2019/0559/S73

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentA/2020/0011/NMA
  2. 2020
    24 Feb

    Discharge of condition 3 on approval P/2019/0559/S73

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/2020/0019/CON
  3. 2019
    29 Jul

    Variation / Removal of conditions 2, 3, 5 and 7 (amended landscaping plan).

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P/2019/0559/S73

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