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Land Adjacent To Rainhill Station Station Road Rainhill St Helens

P/2020/0041/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 10 March 2020

Council decision: Refuse

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Proposal

Erection of restaurant with associated parking.

Received
8 January 2020
Public comments
5
Ward
Rainhill Ward
Agent
MAT DESIGN
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To Rainhill Station Station Road Rainhill St Helens. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rainhill Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2020
Consultation expiry
9 March 2020
Consultation start
17 February 2020
Consultation end
9 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
17 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
7 February 2020
Last date for comments
20 February 2020
Target decision date
10 March 2020

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 January 2020
Advertisement expiry
20 February 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08407758
Documents
22
Constraints
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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