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169 Ormskirk Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HR

Refused St. Helens P/2023/0714/FUL Full Planning Application

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

Proposal

Change of use of cafe (Class E) to takeaway (Sui Generis), installation of external extraction unit and external alterations to shopfront (part-retrospective)

As published by the council, reference P/2023/0714/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2023/0714/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
21 Dec 2023
Validated
21 Dec 2023
Decided
15 Feb 2024
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA11 8HR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Dec 2023

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 15 Feb 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Keith Swain Design Agent, a design practice

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Documents

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

97 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.

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