20 Derwent Close Rainhill St Helens L35 0NP
Refused on 16 September 2021
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use as a childrens home for 2no young persons.
- Received
- 21 June 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- Agent
- MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Jun
- ValidatedValidated9 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided16 Sep
Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at 20 Derwent Close Rainhill St Helens L35 0NP. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.
88% of outline 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 0NP
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 July 2021
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd
- Agent address
- 133 Mill Lane Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8BT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09913329
- Documents
- 46
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.
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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20244 Jan
Non-material amendment to planning permission P/2021/0965/FUL
ApprovedNon-material amendmentA/2024/0002/NMA - 202129 Oct
Change of use of dwelling house (Class C3) to residential children's home (Class C2)
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP/2021/0965/FUL - 202022 Oct
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use as a childrens home for 2no young people and 2no live in carers.
RefusedCertificate of Lawfulness: ProposedP/2020/0778/CLP
Source: St Helens
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