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Alderley Farmhouse Alder Lane Crank St Helens WA11 7SH

P/2025/0694/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 June 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing rear barn to form ancillary residential accommodation, erection of a glazed link connecting the barn to the main farmhouse, demolition of existing conservatory and construction of an infill side extension, together with the installation of gable dormers, replacement of existing roof materials, demolition of four rear pigsties and storage building, demolition and replacement of front porch, along with associated external alterations [Amended description].

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Rainford Ward
Agent
ABF Design and Consultancy
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 193 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Alderley Farmhouse Alder Lane Crank St Helens WA11 7SH. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 216 days, 23 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Rainford Ward. We hold 608 applications in total for the WA11 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
WA11 7SH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 June 2026
Consultation start
11 June 2026
Consultation end
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 June 2026
Last date for comments
9 June 2026
Target decision date
12 February 2026
Permission expires
29 June 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
ABF Design and Consultancy
Architect profile
ABF DESIGN AND CONSULTANCY LTD
Agent address
Studio N, Baltic Creative Campus Liverpool L1 0AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 January 2026
Site notice end
29 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14505310
Documents
42
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: 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 (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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    24 Jun

    Conservatory to the side.

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use: ProposedP/2011/0525

Source: St Helens

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