Planning application
Bold Forest Garden Village
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Request for scoping opinion for proposed residential development.
As published by the council, reference EIA/2025/0003/SCOPE
Application record
- Reference
- EIA/2025/0003/SCOPE
- Type
- EIA Scoping
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 16 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 16 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 27 Aug 2025
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jun 2025
Received by St. Helens
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27 Aug 2025
Decision issued: Grant
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 27 August 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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