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20 Derwent Close Rainhill St Helens L35 0NP

Refused St. Helens P/2020/0778/CLP Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use as a childrens home for 2no young people and 2no live in carers.

As published by the council, reference P/2020/0778/CLP

Application record

Reference
P/2020/0778/CLP
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
22 Oct 2020
Validated
27 Oct 2020
Decided
18 Dec 2020
Ward
Rainhill Ward
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
L35 0NP

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 4 applications since 2020: 2 approved, 2 refused.

  • A/2024/0002/NMA Granted

    20 Derwent Close Rainhill St Helens L35 0NP

    Non-material amendment to planning permission P/2021/0965/FUL to change the ages of children living in residential childrens home (Class C2).

    Decided 5 Feb 2024 Amendments
  • P/2021/0965/FUL Granted

    20 Derwent Close Rainhill St Helens L35 0NP

    Change of use of dwelling house (Class C3) to residential children's home (Class C2)

    Decided 17 Mar 2022 Full applications
  • P/2021/0639/CLP Refused

    20 Derwent Close Rainhill St Helens L35 0NP

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use as a childrens home for 2no young persons.

    Decided 16 Sep 2021 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Oct 2020

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 27 Oct 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Dec 2020

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 4 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

45 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

St. Helens refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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