Planning application
5 Rainford Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7PF
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior notification for change of use from retail (A1) to cafe (A3) (including new windows and cladding)
As published by the council, reference P/2020/0255/R2R
Application record
- Reference
- P/2020/0255/R2R
- Type
- Retail to Restaurant/Cafe Prior Approval
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Grant
- Received
- 31 Mar 2020
- Validated
- 6 Apr 2020
- Decided
- 29 May 2020
- Ward
- Billinge And Seneley Green Ward
- Parish
- Billinge Chapel End Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WN5 7PF
Site history
Applications at this address on the St. Helens register
This site has had 4 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P/2026/0492/S73 Awaiting decision
5 Rainford Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7PF
Variation of condition numbers 2 (Approved Plans) and 3 (Opening Hours) on application P/2020/0255/R2R to alter the internal layout and change operating hours to finish at 23:00hrs instead of 21:00hrs on any day.
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P/2026/0475/FUL Awaiting decision
5 Rainford Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7PF
Change of use from restaurant (Class E) to mixed use of restaurant (Class E) and takeaway (Sui Generis), and extension of opening hours from 21:00 to 23:00.
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P/2020/0069/R2R Withdrawn
5 Rainford Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7PF
Prior notification for change of use from retail (A1) to cafe (A3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Mar 2020
Received by St. Helens
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6 Apr 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 May 2020
Decision issued: Prior Approval Grant
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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P/2026/0492/S73 Awaiting decision
5 Rainford Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7PF
Variation of condition numbers 2 (Approved Plans) and 3 (Opening Hours) on application P/2020/0255/R2R to alter the internal layout and change operating hours to finish at 23:00hrs instead of 21:00hrs on any day.
Who's behind it
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Gilbert Elliot Rowe Ltd Agent, registered in Doncaster
Active · incorporated 2016 · Doncaster
23 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 88% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 29 May 2020, 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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