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28 The Meadows Rainhill St Helens L35 0PQ

P/2026/0010/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness: ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to childrens home (C2) for a maximum of 1no children living as a single household with care or support provided. [Amended description]

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rainhill Ward
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 28 The Meadows Rainhill St Helens L35 0PQ. St Helens has handled 441 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 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 47 applications across Rainhill Ward. We hold 1,084 applications in total for the L35 postcode area.

88% of outline 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 0PQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14578659
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: RainhillNext to the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Rainhill, St HelensNext to 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 (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.

Source: St Helens

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