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Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

Granted St. Helens P/2024/0191/FUL Full Planning Application

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

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference P/2024/0191/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2024/0191/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Grant
Received
8 Jan 2024
Validated
10 Apr 2024
Decided
30 Oct 2024
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

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

  • C/2025/0022/CON Split decision

    Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

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

    Decided 7 Apr 2025 Conditions
  • P/2022/0548/FUL Refused

    Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

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

    Decided 8 Feb 2023 Full applications
  • P/2021/0728/FUL Withdrawn

    Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

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

    Decided 28 Feb 2022 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Jan 2024

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 10 Apr 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Grant

  4. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • C/2025/0022/CON Split decision

    Rainford Reservoir Higher Lane Rainford St Helens

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

    Decided 7 Apr 2025 Conditions

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Documents

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53 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St. Helens granted permission on 30 October 2024, 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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