Planning application
16 Ash Grove Sutton Leach St Helens WA9 4LH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed garage conversion for disabled use.
As published by the council, reference P/2025/0626/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- P/2025/0626/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant
- Received
- 19 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 21 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 16 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Sutton South East Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA9 4LH
Site history
Applications at this address on the St. Helens register
This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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P/2026/0098/TPO Refused
16 Ash Grove Sutton Leach St Helens WA9 4LH
Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for 2 beech trees (T1 & T2)
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P/2022/0590/TPO Granted
16 Ash Grove Sutton Leach St Helens WA9 4LH
Works to 2no beech trees (T1 and T2) covered by TPO.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Nov 2025
Received by St. Helens
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21 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Grant
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24 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Keith Swain Design Agent, a design practice
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8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 16 January 2026, 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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