Planning application
3 Station Street Rainhill St Helens L35 0LP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from former laundrette (Sui Generis) to a solicitors office (Class E)
As published by the council, reference P/2022/0749/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- P/2022/0749/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 13 Oct 2022
- Validated
- 31 Oct 2022
- Decided
- 23 Dec 2022
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- L35 0LP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Oct 2022
Received by St. Helens
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31 Oct 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Dec 2022
Decision issued: Grant
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, an architecture practice
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St. Helens granted permission on 23 December 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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