Planning application
174 Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8BH
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Single storey rear extension, detached garden room and rear boundary wall.
As published by the council, reference P/2026/0157/HHFP
Application record
- Reference
- P/2026/0157/HHFP
- Type
- Householder Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant
- Received
- 19 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 19 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 12 May 2026
- Ward
- Rainford Ward
- Parish
- Rainford Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA11 8BH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2026
Received by St. Helens
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12 May 2026
Decision issued: Grant
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24 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
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RJG Architecture LTD Agent, an architecture practice
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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 12 May 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 householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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