Planning application
16 Gormley Drive St Helens Merseyside WA10 2UJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of solar panels on roof of property.
As published by the council, reference P/2026/0227/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- P/2026/0227/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness: Proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 27 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 7 May 2026
- Decided
- 22 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Windle Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WA10 2UJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Apr 2026
Received by St. Helens
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7 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Grant
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
St. Helens granted permission on 22 June 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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