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37 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PB

P/2022/0560/COTWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 September 2022

Council decision: TPO Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Works to 2no trees in a conservation area (T1 - Lime and T2 - Goat Willow).

Received
5 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rainhill Ward
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 37 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PB. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0PB
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2022
Consultation expiry
7 September 2022
Consultation start
10 August 2022
Consultation end
31 August 2022
Neighbour consultation start
16 August 2022
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2022
Last date for comments
7 September 2022
Target decision date
21 September 2022
Permission expires
10 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
19 Derby Drive Rainford WA11 8EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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