Planning application
121 Rainhill Road Rainhill St Helens L35 4PD
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Prior approval for change of use of property from ground floor hairdressers (E) and first floor flat (C3) to a single dwellinghouse (C3).
As published by the council, reference P/2026/0230/S2DPA
Application record
- Reference
- P/2026/0230/S2DPA
- Type
- Shop to Dwelling Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Not Required
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 May 2026
- Decided
- 29 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Rainhill Ward
- Parish
- Rainhill Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- L35 4PD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by St. Helens
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29 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Prior Not Required
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
St. Helens has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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