Planning application
28 Harlow Close St Helens WA9 5EU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to children's care home for 1no child (C2).
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0327/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0327/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 4 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 29 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Thatto Heath Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA9 5EU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Jun 2025
Received by St. Helens
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29 Jul 2025
Decision issued: Grant
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 29 July 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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