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4 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PF

P/2022/0251/HHFPHouseholder Planning ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 12 July 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage with the erection of two storey side extension with single storey front extensionwhite render to first floor

Received
5 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rainhill Ward
Agent
RJG Architecture LTD
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 4 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PF. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. 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.

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 0PF
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2022
Consultation expiry
6 May 2022
Consultation start
7 April 2022
Consultation end
28 April 2022
Neighbour consultation start
12 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end
6 May 2022
Last date for comments
6 May 2022
Target decision date
31 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
RJG Architecture LTD
Architect profile
RJG ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Stables Pasture Lane Business Centre St. Helens WA10 8PU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3305353
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 February 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11069894
Documents
17
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    5 Apr

    Demolition of existing garage with the erection of two storey side extension with single storey front…

    This applicationRefusedFullP/2022/0251/HHFP
  2. 2022
    5 Apr

    Prior approval for single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory, projecting 7.42m from…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideP/2022/0253/HHPA

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