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Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

Granted St. Helens P/2023/0176/FUL Full Planning Application

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

Proposal

Construction of leisure building, 2 commercial buildings, and a replacement dwelling and garage

As published by the council, reference P/2023/0176/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2023/0176/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant
Received
13 Mar 2023
Validated
20 Mar 2023
Decided
19 Dec 2023
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA11 8NQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • C/2025/0044/CON Awaiting decision

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Discharge of condition 4(materials) on approval P/2024/0209/S73.

    Submitted 3 May 2025 Conditions
  • P/2024/0209/S73 Granted

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Variation of condition 6 (Building Demolition for Green Belt), 13 (CEMP), 19 (Site Investigation) & 25 (Waste Management) on approval P/2023/0176/FUL to vary the wording of conditions

    Decided 22 Oct 2024 Amendments
  • P/2021/0280/FUL Refused

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Retrospective application for the erection of 1no replacement dwelling.

    Decided 13 Aug 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Mar 2023

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 20 Mar 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Dec 2023

    Decision issued: Grant

  4. 4 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • P/2024/0209/S73 Granted

    Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    Variation of condition 6 (Building Demolition for Green Belt), 13 (CEMP), 19 (Site Investigation) & 25 (Waste Management) on approval P/2023/0176/FUL to vary the wording of conditions

    Decided 22 Oct 2024 Amendments

Who's behind it

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Emery Planning Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

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

131 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St. Helens granted permission on 19 December 2023, 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 full applications

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Nearby applications

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  • Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    P/2024/0209/S73 Submitted 9 Apr 2024 50 yards away

    Variation of condition 6 (Building Demolition for Green Belt), 13 (CEMP), 19 (Site Investigation) & 25 (Waste Management) on approval P/2023/0176/FUL to vary the wording of conditions

    Granted Amendments Demolition 33 docs

  • Fire Clay Farm Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NQ

    C/2025/0044/CON Submitted 3 May 2025 50 yards away

    98% historically approved · decision due ~1 Jul

    Discharge of condition 4(materials) on approval P/2024/0209/S73.

    Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs

  • Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

    P/2021/0728/FUL Submitted 1 Aug 2021 100 yards away

    Erection of 2no detached dwellings to facilitate the maintenance and preservation of existing reservoir and adjacent woodland.

    Withdrawn Full applications 68 docs

  • Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

    C/2025/0022/CON Submitted 26 Feb 2025 150 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Method Statement), 5 (Verification and Audit Strategy), & 10 (Habitat Management Plan) on approval P/2024/0191/FUL.

    Split decision Conditions 8 docs

  • Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

    P/2024/0191/FUL Submitted 8 Jan 2024 150 yards away

    Proposed engineering works to facilitate the reduction in volume of existing fishing lake/reservoir to below 10000m3 and the construction of equipment store/wardens office.

    Granted Full applications 53 docs

  • The Cottage Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8NG

    P/2023/0613/TPO Submitted 26 Oct 2023 150 yards away

    Work to multiple trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order

    Granted Trees 6 docs

In St. Helens

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    47 Leach Lane Sutton Leach St Helens WA9 4PX

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    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Full applications
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    Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk, defibrillator and ancillary advertisement.

    Received 6 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Full applications
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    Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to convenience store (Class E), with single storey extension following removal of existing extension and alterations to the building.

    Received 12 Sep, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • P/2026/0531/FUL Awaiting decision

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    Change of use from betting office (Sui Generis) to shop (Class E(a)) on ground floor. Alterations to the shopfront and a new doorway at front. Change of use from vacant ancillary accommodation associated with ground floor use to two serviced accommodation (Class C1).

    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Full applications
  • P/2026/0529/FUL Awaiting decision

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    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Full applications