3 Station Street Rainhill St Helens L35 0LP
Approved on 23 December 2022
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from former laundrette (Sui Generis) to a solicitors office (Class E)
- Received
- 13 October 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- Agent
- McGovern Architectural Design
- ReceivedReceived13 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation22 Nov
- TargetTarget Date26 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Dec
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 Station Street Rainhill St Helens L35 0LP. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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.
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
- 31 October 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 22 December 2022
- Consultation start
- 1 November 2022
- Consultation end
- 22 November 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 November 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 November 2022
- Last date for comments
- 22 December 2022
- Target decision date
- 26 December 2022
- Permission expires
- 23 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- McGovern Architectural Design
- Agent address
- 1E Cranleigh Road Gateacre Liverpool L25 2RP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 December 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 December 2022
- Site notice start
- 9 November 2022
- Site notice end
- 30 November 2022
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
- 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.
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