Planning application
20 Lingmell Avenue St Helens Merseyside WA11 7AZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of children's home (Class C2) for 5no children.
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0202/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0202/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness: Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 20 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 15 May 2025
- Ward
- Moss Bank Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA11 7AZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Mar 2025
Received by St. Helens
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26 Mar 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 May 2025
Decision issued: Grant
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15 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 15 May 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.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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