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2-4 Station Street Rainhill St Helens L35 0LP

P/2020/0889/FULFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from offices ( B1) to Restaurant/Bar (A4) at ground floor along with alterations to front elevation

Received
7 December 2020
Decision due
1 February 2021
Public comments
1
Ward
Rainhill Ward
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 January.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (9)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2-4 Station Street Rainhill St Helens L35 0LP. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 December 2020 and is still awaiting a decision. 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. We hold 1,084 applications in total for the L35 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
L35 0LP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2020
Consultation expiry
14 January 2021
Consultation start
15 December 2020
Consultation end
5 January 2021
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2020
Neighbour consultation end
9 January 2021
Last date for comments
14 January 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 December 2020
Advertisement expiry
14 January 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09321549
Documents
9
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Helens

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