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Portico Vine ARLFC Scholes Lane Playing Field Scholes Lane St Helens

P/2023/0055/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 30 March 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 11no. floodlights mounted on 6no. 10 metre columns, and 1no. floodlight mounted on 1no. 5 metre column.

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Eccleston Ward
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Portico Vine ARLFC Scholes Lane Playing Field Scholes Lane St Helens. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Eccleston Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eccleston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2023
Consultation expiry
24 March 2023
Consultation start
3 March 2023
Consultation end
24 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
14 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2023
Last date for comments
15 March 2023
Target decision date
30 March 2023
Permission expires
30 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 February 2023
Site notice end
15 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
32
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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