31 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PB
Approved on 14 April 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Single storey bay window to the side elevation following demolition of the conservatory.
- Received
- 3 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- Agent
- Taurus Design Services
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date21 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 31 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PB. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area. 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.
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
- L35 0PB
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 14 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Taurus Design Services
- Architect profile
- TAURUS DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 49 Level One Basecamp Liverpool Jamaica Street Liverpool L1 0AH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 13 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 4 April 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 30
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
- 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.
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