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8 Whalley Avenue Rainford St Helens WA11 8HQ

Refused St. Helens P/2024/0217/HHFP Householder Planning Application

Works: Extension Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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

Proposal

Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, and a single storey front extension.

As published by the council, reference P/2024/0217/HHFP

Application record

Reference
P/2024/0217/HHFP
Type
Householder Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse
Received
25 Apr 2024
Validated
25 Apr 2024
Decided
5 Jul 2024
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA11 8HQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Apr 2024

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 5 Jul 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 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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Documents

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

17 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About householder applications

How this application type works

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden: extensions, loft and garage conversions, porches, outbuildings and similar alterations within the boundary of the home. They cannot be used to create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. Councils aim to decide them within eight weeks, and immediate neighbours are usually notified and given a chance to comment.

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