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St Anns C Of E Church Warrington Road Rainhill St Helens

P/2023/0691/TPOTPO ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 February 2024

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Proposal

Removal of 3no sycamore trees as part of works to boundary wall.

Received
27 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Rainhill Ward
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Anns C Of E Church Warrington Road Rainhill St Helens. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rainhill Ward.

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

Application type
TPO Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2023
Consultation expiry
11 January 2024
Consultation start
14 December 2023
Consultation end
4 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2024
Last date for comments
11 January 2024
Target decision date
1 February 2024
Committee meeting
6 February 2024
Permission expires
8 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
St Helens Council
Agent address
St Helens Town Hall Victoria Square St Helens WA10 1HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 December 2023
Site notice end
7 January 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
88

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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. 2023
    27 Nov

    Repair works to boundary wall.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideP/2023/0688/FUL
  2. 2023
    27 Nov

    Removal of 3no sycamore trees as part of works to boundary wall.

    This applicationApprovedTreesP/2023/0691/TPO

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