88 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PG
Approved on 18 February 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to Oak (T3) and Chestnut (T4) under TPO.
- Received
- 10 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- ReceivedReceived10 Jan
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Feb
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 88 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PG. St Helens has handled 202 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.
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
- Postcode
- L35 0PG
- Application type
- TPO Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 18 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ascerta
- Agent address
- Mere One Mere Grange Elton Head Road St Helens WA9 5GG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 20 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 10 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14613502
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 51
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
- Brownfield land register: 92 St James Road, Rainhill, St Helens, L35 0PGRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: St Helens
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