Planning application
Units 2-10 Lords Fold Rainford St Helens WA11 8HP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of conditions 3 (access arrangements), 4 (land contamination), 5 (coal mining legacy) 6 (highway improvements), 8 (noise mitigation), 13 (affordable housing), 22 (landscape management) 23 (drainage management) and removal of condition 12 (party wall management) and condition 16 (materials) attached to Outline Planning Permission P/2017/0789/OUP.
As published by the council, reference P/2020/0580/S73
Application record
- Reference
- P/2020/0580/S73
- Type
- Section 73 - Removal/Variation of Condit
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 11 Aug 2020
- Validated
- 20 Nov 2020
- Decided
- 24 Dec 2020
- Ward
- Rainford Ward
- Parish
- Rainford Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA11 8HP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2020
Received by St. Helens
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20 Nov 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Dec 2020
Decision issued: Grant
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4 Sep 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Newbury
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39 documents on file for this application
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Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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