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Commercial Business Centre 9 Victoria Street Rainhill St Helens

P/2020/0395/COTWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 August 2020

Council decision: TPO Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area to remove overhanging branches from Victoria Place.

Received
9 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rainhill Ward
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Commercial Business Centre 9 Victoria Street Rainhill St Helens. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rainhill 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
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2020
Consultation expiry
15 July 2020
Consultation start
18 June 2020
Consultation end
9 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2020
Neighbour consultation end
15 July 2020
Last date for comments
15 July 2020
Target decision date
29 July 2020
Permission expires
17 June 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08782158
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Rainhill, 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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