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Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

Awaiting decision St. Helens C/2025/0044/CON Discharge of Conditions

Relates to P/2024/0209/S73

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Discharge of condition 4(materials) on approval P/2024/0209/S73.

As published by the council, reference C/2025/0044/CON

Application record

Reference
C/2025/0044/CON
Type
Discharge of Conditions
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
3 May 2025
Validated
6 May 2025
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Postcode
WA11 8NQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • P/2024/0209/S73 Granted

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Variation of condition 6 (Building Demolition for Green Belt), 13 (CEMP), 19 (Site Investigation) & 25 (Waste Management) on approval P/2023/0176/FUL to vary the wording of conditions

    Decided 22 Oct 2024 Amendments
  • P/2023/0176/FUL Granted

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Construction of leisure building, 2 commercial buildings, and a replacement dwelling and garage

    Decided 19 Dec 2023 Full applications
  • P/2021/0280/FUL Refused

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Retrospective application for the erection of 1no replacement dwelling.

    Decided 13 Aug 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 May 2025

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 6 May 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 1 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    St. Helens took a median of 75 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • P/2024/0209/S73 Granted

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Variation of condition 6 (Building Demolition for Green Belt), 13 (CEMP), 19 (Site Investigation) & 25 (Waste Management) on approval P/2023/0176/FUL to vary the wording of conditions

    Decided 22 Oct 2024 Amendments

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

MSA Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in London

Active · incorporated 1989 · London

158 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 95% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with St. Helens for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St. Helens decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 122 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    P/2024/0209/S73 Submitted 9 Apr 2024 50 yards away

    Variation of condition 6 (Building Demolition for Green Belt), 13 (CEMP), 19 (Site Investigation) & 25 (Waste Management) on approval P/2023/0176/FUL to vary the wording of conditions

    Granted Amendments Demolition 33 docs

  • Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    P/2023/0176/FUL Submitted 13 Mar 2023 50 yards away

    Construction of leisure building, 2 commercial buildings, and a replacement dwelling and garage

    Granted Full applications 131 docs
    Domestic

  • Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

    P/2021/0728/FUL Submitted 1 Aug 2021 100 yards away

    Erection of 2no detached dwellings to facilitate the maintenance and preservation of existing reservoir and adjacent woodland.

    Withdrawn Full applications 68 docs

  • Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

    C/2025/0022/CON Submitted 26 Feb 2025 150 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Method Statement), 5 (Verification and Audit Strategy), & 10 (Habitat Management Plan) on approval P/2024/0191/FUL.

    Split decision Conditions 8 docs

  • Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

    P/2024/0191/FUL Submitted 8 Jan 2024 150 yards away

    Proposed engineering works to facilitate the reduction in volume of existing fishing lake/reservoir to below 10000m3 and the construction of equipment store/wardens office.

    Granted Full applications 53 docs

  • Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    P/2021/0280/FUL Submitted 22 Mar 2021 150 yards away

    Retrospective application for the erection of 1no replacement dwelling.

    Refused Full applications 32 docs
    Domestic

In St. Helens

  • C/2026/0141/CON Awaiting decision

    Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens WA10 1AJ

    Discharge of condition 9 (materials) and condition 10 (bird boxes) on approval P/2025/0579/FUL.

    Received 24 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0136/CON Awaiting decision

    Bird I Th Hand 200 Prescot Road St Helens WA10 3HE

    Discharge of condition 3 (site investigation), condition 8 (tree protection), condition 15 (drainage) and condition 17 (materials) on approval of P/2025/0576/FUL

    Received 18 Sep, published by the council 29 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0135/CON Awaiting decision

    19 - 21 George Street St Helens WA10 1DA

    Discharge of condition 4 (material details), condition 5 (air conditioning) and condition 6 (bat and bird boxes) on approval of P/2026/0155/FUL.

    Received 13 Sep, published by the council 18 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0131/CON Awaiting decision

    Alfred Knight Ltd Prescot Road St Helens WA10 3BQ

    Discharge of conditions 10 (Construction Demolition Method Statement), 23 (RAMs), 25 (Plant Method Statement) and 38 (Development Funding) on approval P/2025/0540/S73.

    Received 7 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • C/2026/0130/CON Awaiting decision

    Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens WA10 1AJ

    Discharge condition 11 (construction method statement) on approval P/2025/0538/FUL.

    Received 2 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Conditions