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Reeve Court Retirement Village Stratton Drive Rainhill St Helens WA9 5AG

P/2023/0458/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 March 2024

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of water storage tank, fenced enclosure and piped water supply, along with new access roads.

Received
3 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Thatto Heath Ward
Agent
Brock Carmichael Architects
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 237 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Reeve Court Retirement Village Stratton Drive Rainhill St Helens WA9 5AG. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 237 days, 26 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Thatto Heath Ward. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the WA9 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
WA9 5AG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2023
Consultation expiry
4 December 2023
Consultation start
21 November 2023
Consultation end
4 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2023
Last date for comments
12 October 2023
Target decision date
2 November 2023
Permission expires
27 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Brock Carmichael Architects
Architect profile
BROCK CARMICHAEL LIMITED
Agent address
19 Old Hall Street Liverpool L3 9JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
12 October 2023
Site notice start
8 September 2023
Site notice end
29 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12361564
Documents
37
Constraints
48

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: St. HelensPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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