Planning application
5 Dee Road Rainhill St Helens L35 9LG
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 home for 1no child (C2).
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0343/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0343/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 9 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 1 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- L35 9LG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2025
Received by St. Helens
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1 Aug 2025
Decision issued: Grant
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21 Jul 2026
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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 1 August 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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