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Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

Granted St. Helens P/2022/0392/FUL Full Planning Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Battery Storage Facility with ancillary equipment and access.

As published by the council, reference P/2022/0392/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2022/0392/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant
Received
6 Jun 2022
Validated
6 Jun 2022
Decided
16 Sep 2022
Ward
Bold And Lea Green Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA9 4QH

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • C/2023/0130/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge of condition 10 (external lighting) on approval P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 4 Jan 2024 Conditions
  • C/2023/0044/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge of condition 12 (bird survey) on approval P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 5 Jul 2023 Conditions
  • C/2023/0042/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge conditions 4 (SUDS) and 5 (terraced levels details) on approval P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 26 Jun 2023 Conditions
  • C/2023/0027/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge condition 11 (RAMS) on application P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 26 Apr 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Jun 2022

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 16 Sep 2022

    Decision issued: Grant

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

4 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • C/2023/0130/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge of condition 10 (external lighting) on approval P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 4 Jan 2024 Conditions
  • C/2023/0044/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge of condition 12 (bird survey) on approval P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 5 Jul 2023 Conditions
  • C/2023/0042/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge conditions 4 (SUDS) and 5 (terraced levels details) on approval P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 26 Jun 2023 Conditions
  • C/2023/0027/CON Granted

    Land To The South Of National Grid's Rainhill Substation Lea Green Road Sutton Manor St Helens WA9 4QH

    Discharge condition 11 (RAMS) on application P/2022/0392/FUL.

    Decided 26 Apr 2023 Conditions

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Documents

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52 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St. Helens granted permission on 16 September 2022, 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.

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