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59 Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8AY

Refused St. Helens P/2025/0438/CLP Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed

Works: Extension Loft or dormer 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

Certificate of lawfulness for hip to gable extension and single storey rear extension.

As published by the council, reference P/2025/0438/CLP

Application record

Reference
P/2025/0438/CLP
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Refuse
Received
26 Jul 2025
Validated
30 Jul 2025
Decided
23 Sep 2025
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WA11 8AY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Jul 2025

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 30 Jul 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Documents

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

10 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 lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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