15 Lawton Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PL
Approved on 4 November 2020
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to trees in a Conservation Area to reduce height and prune back branches.
- Received
- 16 September 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation19 Oct
- TargetTarget Date4 Nov
- DecidedDecided4 Nov
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 15 Lawton Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PL. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rainhill Ward. We hold 1,084 applications in total for the L35 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- L35 0PL
- Application type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 21 October 2020
- Consultation start
- 28 September 2020
- Consultation end
- 19 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 September 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 October 2020
- Last date for comments
- 21 October 2020
- Target decision date
- 4 November 2020
- Permission expires
- 4 November 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
- 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201916 Aug
Works to trees in a conservation area, to remove second row of trees adjacent to highway,and reduce height to…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaP/2019/0616/COT - 200520 Jan
Demolition of existing building and erection of 2no. 3 storey apartment blocks comprising 24 apartments.
RefusedFull Planning Permission: Major ApplicatP/2005/0084
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