Reeve Court Retirement Village Stratton Drive Rainhill St Helens WA9 5AG
Approved on 20 July 2020
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 413no solar panels to south and west facing pitched roofs.
- Received
- 8 April 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Thatto Heath Ward
- Agent
- Brock Carmichael Architects
- ReceivedReceived8 Apr
- ValidatedValidated20 Apr
- Consult.Consultation18 May
- TargetTarget Date20 Jul
- DecidedDecided20 Jul
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Reeve Court Retirement Village Stratton Drive Rainhill St Helens WA9 5AG. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Thatto Heath Ward. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the WA9 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
- WA9 5AG
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 April 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 28 May 2020
- Consultation start
- 27 April 2020
- Consultation end
- 18 May 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 April 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 May 2020
- Last date for comments
- 28 May 2020
- Target decision date
- 20 July 2020
- Permission expires
- 20 July 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Brock Carmichael Architects
- Architect profile
- BROCK CARMICHAEL LIMITED
- Agent address
- 19 Old Hall Street Liverpool L3 9JQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 May 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 May 2020
- Site notice start
- 28 April 2020
- Site notice end
- 20 May 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 58
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: St. HelensPart of the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: St Helens
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