Site Of Former Rainhill Hospital Elton Head Road Rainhill St Helens
Approved on 10 December 2020
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Formation of new access off Rainhill Road along with height restrictive barrier, fencing and new pedestrian access.
- Received
- 28 September 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Thatto Heath Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Sep
- ValidatedValidated30 Sep
- Consult.Consultation22 Oct
- TargetTarget Date25 Nov
- DecidedDecided10 Dec
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Site Of Former Rainhill Hospital Elton Head Road Rainhill St Helens. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Thatto Heath 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 Permission: Regulation 3
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 September 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 28 October 2020
- Consultation start
- 1 October 2020
- Consultation end
- 22 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 October 2020
- Last date for comments
- 28 October 2020
- Target decision date
- 25 November 2020
- Permission expires
- 10 December 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- St Helens Council
- Agent address
- Wesley House Corporation Street St Helens WA10 1HF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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