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Bridge Farm News Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7JT

Granted St. Helens P/2024/0485/FUL Full Planning Application

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

Proposal

Installation of ground mounted solar panels

As published by the council, reference P/2024/0485/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2024/0485/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant
Received
12 Sep 2024
Validated
17 Sep 2024
Decided
9 Jan 2025
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA11 7JT

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 5 applications since 2020: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • C/2025/0088/CONBNG Granted

    Bridge Farm News Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7JT

    Discharge of BNG condition on application P/2024/0485/FUL.

    Decided 25 Sep 2025 Conditions
  • C/2025/0058/CON Granted

    Bridge Farm News Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7JT

    Discharge conditions 3 (Landscaping Plan) and 4 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) on approval P/2024/0485/FUL.

    Decided 25 Sep 2025 Conditions
  • P/2022/0239/FUL Granted

    Bridge Farm News Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7JT

    Conversion of agricultural building to dwelling with new front porch and external alterations

    Decided 30 May 2022 Full applications
  • P/2020/0387/FUL Granted

    Bridge Farm News Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7JT

    Conversion of existing barn to heritage centre with associated parking and external alterations

    Decided 3 Aug 2020 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Sep 2024

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 17 Sep 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Jan 2025

    Decision issued: Grant

  4. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • C/2025/0088/CONBNG Granted

    Bridge Farm News Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7JT

    Discharge of BNG condition on application P/2024/0485/FUL.

    Decided 25 Sep 2025 Conditions
  • C/2025/0058/CON Granted

    Bridge Farm News Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7JT

    Discharge conditions 3 (Landscaping Plan) and 4 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) on approval P/2024/0485/FUL.

    Decided 25 Sep 2025 Conditions

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Civitas Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Chester

Active · incorporated 2009 · Chester

35 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 71% granted

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Documents

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

20 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St. Helens granted permission on 9 January 2025, 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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