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St. Helens planning applications
5,304 applications. 93% approved. 77 days to decide.
As of September 2026, PlanIndex holds 5,304 planning applications from St. Helens. 439 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 93% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
St. Helens takes a median of 78 days to decide a planning application. See how that compares.
All applications
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P/2026/0473/HHPA Awaiting decision
10 Philip Grove St Helens WA9 3TD
Prior approval for single storey rear extension, projecting 4m from the rear, 3.8m max height and 2.85m at the eaves.
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P/2026/0466/TPO Awaiting decision
414 - 416 Leach Lane Clock Face St Helens WA9 4NA
Works to lime trees under TPO at property.
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P/2026/0472/HHFP Awaiting decision
26 Pentland Avenue St Helens Merseyside WA9 2BG
Retrospective erection of a detached garage
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C/2026/0131/CON Awaiting decision
Alfred Knight Ltd Prescot Road St Helens WA10 3BQ
Discharge of conditions 10 (Construction Demolition Method Statement), 23 (RAMs), 25 (Plant Method Statement) and 38 (Development Funding) on approval P/2025/0540/S73.
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C/2026/0133/CON Awaiting decision
Unit 1 Haydock Green Penny Lane Haydock St Helens WA11 9DT
Discharge of Condition 9 (Travel Plan) on approval P/2025/0557/FUL.
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C/2026/0132/CONBNG Awaiting decision
Mill Green School Lansbury Avenue St Helens WA9 1BU
Discharge of Biodiversity Net Gain Plan condition on application P/2025/0654/FP3.
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P/2026/0465/COT Awaiting decision
60 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HA
Works to 1no apple tree in a conservation area.
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P/2026/0468/TPO Awaiting decision
84 St James Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PG
Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for 1 Sycamore tree (T1), 1 Lime tree (T2) amd 1 Turkey Oak Tree (T3)
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P/2026/0467/HHFP Awaiting decision
Mere View Barn 1 Mere View Court Burrows Lane Eccleston St Helens L34 6JW
Single storey rear extension to main dwelling, front and side extension to existing outbuilding along with new boundary wall and planting bed.
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A/2026/0031/NMA Awaiting decision
Moss Nook Watery Lane & Providence Avenue St Helens
Non-material amendment to replace landscape designs and implementation timescales approved under A/2026/0002/NMA.
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P/2026/0459/HHFP Awaiting decision
20 Buttermere Crescent Rainford St Helens WA11 7LL
Single storey side extension
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P/2026/0463/FUL Awaiting decision
645 Warrington Road Rainhill St Helens L35 4LY
Erection of 1no dwelling with detached garage.
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P/2026/0471/HHFP Awaiting decision
2 Wells Avenue Billinge St Helens WN5 7NN
Retention of a single storey rear extension along with render to the main bungalow.
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P/2026/0461/FUL Awaiting decision
63 & 63A Junction Lane St Helens WA9 3JN
Change of use from mixed use of dwellinghouse (Class C3) and barbers (Class E(a)) to six person HMO (Class C4) with external alterations to the front of the building.
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P/2026/0464/CLP Awaiting decision
580 Piele Road Haydock St Helens WA11 9TL
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of 12no EV charging bays, a substation and associated electrical equipment. Works include the installation of EV charging posts, a substation, associated electrical works and cabling, as well as improved paving and line marking. All works are located within the existing car park.
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P/2026/0470/FUL Awaiting decision
Tesco Stores James Roby Way St Helens WA9 5DT
Installation of new front entrance doors to replace existing and the installation of a plant area and a fire exit door to the side.
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C/2026/0130/CON Awaiting decision
Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens WA10 1AJ
Discharge condition 11 (construction method statement) on approval P/2025/0538/FUL.
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P/2026/0456/FUL Awaiting decision
33 Ormskirk Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 2SZ
Retrospective application to replace stone/ceramic wall tiles with render.
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P/2026/0455/TPO Awaiting decision
Folds Farmhouse 56 Folds Lane St Helens WA11 9NE
Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for 1 ash tree (T1)
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P/2026/0452/HHFP Awaiting decision
19 Hamilton Road Windle St Helens WA10 6HQ
Single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0449/HHFP Awaiting decision
Culburn Warrington Road Bold Heath St Helens WA8 3UX
Single storey rear extension and front porch.
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P/2026/0441/CLP Awaiting decision
108 New Street St Helens WA9 3XG
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from C3 (dwellinghouse) to C4 (6-person HMO).
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P/2026/0447/HHFP Awaiting decision
32 Oakdale Drive St Helens Merseyside WA9 5TU
Garage conversion.
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P/2026/0446/HHFP Awaiting decision
8 Coylton Avenue Rainhill St Helens L35 0PT
Rear ground floor extension, first floor side extension and conversion of garage/front porch space.
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P/2026/0458/HHFP Awaiting decision
17A Brooklands Road Eccleston St Helens WA10 5HE
Garage conversion with new windows in front elevation.
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P/2026/0444/CLP Awaiting decision
19 Tracy Drive Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8PX
Single storey side and rear extensions and garage conversion.
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P/2026/0451/HHFP Awaiting decision
2 Hill Top Road Rainford St Helens WA11 7QS
Proposed alterations and extensions to existing property, including demolition of existing garage and rear lean-to structutres, part single, part two storey rear extension, raising of ridge, roof and eaves heights, aesthetic alterations to front elevation, and landscaping works.
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P/2026/0443/FUL Awaiting decision
Windlehurst Lodge Hard Lane St Helens WA10 6LA
Change of use from C3 (dwellinghouse) to C2 (residential care home) for use of up to 3no children.
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P/2026/0439/CLP Awaiting decision
87 Edge Street Thatto Heath St Helens WA9 5JX
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to childrens home (C2) for 1 child
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C/2026/0129/CON Awaiting decision
Unit 4 Omega West Zone 8 St Helens
Discharge of Conditions 66 (vibration), 67 (Local Employment Scheme), 70 (Operational Noise Strategy), 88 (Travel Plan) & 89 (Travel Plan) on approval P/2024/0042/S73.
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P/2026/0438/CLP Awaiting decision
9 Chirton Close Haydock St Helens WA11 0FG
Single storey rear extension and garage conversion.
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P/2026/0437/HHFP Awaiting decision
71 Brimstone Drive Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9LY
Part two storey, part single storey wraparound extension
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P/2026/0445/LBC Awaiting decision
57 Rainford Road Windle St Helens WA10 6DD
Replacement of front entrance door.
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P/2026/0434/FP3 Awaiting decision
St Johns Playground St John Street Newton Le Willows St Helens
Extension of existing playground footprint, along with installation of new play equipment, boundary fencing, safety surfacing and hardstanding footpaths.
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P/2026/0432/FUL Awaiting decision
25 Ormskirk Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BQ
Change of use from drinking establishment (sui generis) to betting office (sui generis). Alterations to shop front and external changes.
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P/2026/0433/ADC Awaiting decision
25 Ormskirk Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BQ
Consent to display 2no internally illuminated fascia signs, and manifestation on windows.
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P/2026/0434/FUL Awaiting decision
St Johns Playground St John Street Newton Le Willows St Helens
Extension of existing playground footprint, along with installation of new play equipment, boundary fencing, safety surfacing and hardstanding footpaths.
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P/2026/0436/FUL Awaiting decision
Rainford Tennis Club 30A Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HE
Installation of 2no covered padel courts with floodlighting, repositioning of 2no pickleball courts, repositioning and alterations of existing 4no tennis courts and associated works.
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P/2026/0457/HHFP Awaiting decision
19 Windle Grove Windle St Helens WA10 6HN
Single storey side and rear extension following demolition of the existing garage.
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P/2026/0460/HHFP Awaiting decision
4 Drake Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA9 5BJ
Erection of a rear dormer.
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P/2026/0430/HHFP Awaiting decision
29 Provident Street St Helens Merseyside WA9 2JF
Single storey wrap around extension.
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P/2026/0427/HHFP Awaiting decision
47 Marina Avenue St Helens Merseyside WA9 3TE
Two storey side and single storey rear extensions.
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P/2026/0469/TPO Awaiting decision
54 Chelford Road Eccleston St Helens WA10 5PL
Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for 1 norway maple tree (T1)
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P/2026/0450/TPO Awaiting decision
56 Chelford Road Eccleston St Helens WA10 5PL
Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for 1 norway maple tree (T1)
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P/2026/0448/TPO Awaiting decision
58 Chelford Road Eccleston St Helens WA10 5PL
Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for 2 norway maple trees (T1 & T2)
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P/2026/0454/TPO Awaiting decision
60 Chelford Road Eccleston St Helens WA10 5PL
Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order for 1 norway maple tree (T1)
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P/2026/0428/FUL Awaiting decision
56 - 58 Westfield Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1QJ
Change of use from drinking establishment (Sui Generis use) into 2no separate Class E units to the ground floor. Part two-storey/part first floor rear extension and conversion of first floor to office (Class E). Alterations to shop front and external changes.
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C/2026/0128/CON Awaiting decision
Sutton Methodist Church New Street St Helens
Discharge of Condition 17 (EV Charging) on approval P/2024/0153/FUL.
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P/2026/0419/HHPA Awaiting decision
3 Rose Drive Rainford St Helens WA11 8QF
Prior approval for single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory, projecting 5m from the rear, 3.05m max height, and 2.2m at the eaves.
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P/2026/0421/CLP Awaiting decision
255 Marshalls Cross Road St Helens Merseyside WA9 3DE
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 6-person HMO (Use Class C4), including rear dormer and front rooflight.
Recent decisions
Data to September 2026
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C/2026/0114/CON Granted
Billinge Library 51 Main Street Billinge St Helens WN5 7HA
Discharge of Conditions 7 (Construction Method Statement), 16 (RAMS for the presence of Rhododendron), and 17 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) on approval of P/2026/0163/FUL.
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P/2026/0074/FUL Withdrawn
Rainford Library Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HA
Proposed change of use from a library F1(d) to day nursery E(f), with proposed side extension and associated external works.
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P/2026/0346/HHFP Granted
65 Cromdale Grove St Helens Merseyside WA9 3AD
Two storey side extension with a single storey rear extension and a detached outbuilding (amended proposal).
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C/2025/0085/CON Granted
Land Adjacent To Seven Stars Inn Millbrook Lane Eccleston St Helens WA10 4QZ
Discharge of Conditions 2 (Facing materials), 3 (Landscaping), 4 (Parking), 5 (Visibility splay), 6 (Phase 1), 8 (Footway), 9 (Drainage) and 10 (Boundary) on approval P/2012/0046.
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A/2026/0030/NMA Granted
90 Park Road South Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8PL
Non-material amendment to application P/2026/0222/HHFP, to move window from side elevation to rear elevation, with sliding door updated to suit.
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C/2026/0123/CON Granted
Earlestown Town Hall Market Street Newton Le Willows WA12 9BN
Discharge of Condition 4 (Asbestos Removal) on approval P/2024/0002/LBC.
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P/2026/0367/HHFP Granted
175 Leach Lane Sutton Leach St Helens WA9 4PH
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a new single storey side extension along with re roofing of the existing side extension
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C/2026/0063/CON Granted
Land Bound By Corporation Street To The North, St Helens Central And Rail Lines To The East, St Helens Canal To The South And The Town Centre, Broadly Defined By Bickerstaffe Street And Market Street, To The West.
Part discharge of Condition 40 (Construction Management Plan) on approval P/2022/0212/HYBR.
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C/2026/0082/CON Granted
Land To The North Of Leyland Green Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 11 (site access) and 14 (archaeological written scheme of investigation) on approval P/2022/0357/FUL.
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P/2026/0344/FUL Granted
91 - 95 Duke Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 2JG
Change of use of ground floor from restaurant (Class E(b)) to mixed arrangement comprising restaurant and asian food store (Class E(a)), including installation of new timber partition wall to separate units and external alterations (amended proposal).
The full record
Decisions between 2005 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 4,922 decisions from St. Helens between 2005 and 2026, part of 5,304 applications on record. Over that period 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 4,058 granted against 304 refused. The busiest single year was 2021, with 970 applications recorded.
The trailing-year figures above track current activity. This record reaches back further, so a decision here may predate the online portal; each application still has its own page with the source link.
From the archive
Earliest records shown in full
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PRE/2005/0007 Granted
2 Keswick Way Rainford WA11 7LJ
Extension over existing garage and utilty room, to create a bedroom and a box room
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PRE/2005/0237 Granted
8 Sankey Road Haydock WA11 0DD
bay window
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PRE/2005/0731 Granted
7 Bolton Close St Helens WA9 1NW
extension
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PRE/2005/0860 Decided
91 The World Of Fun High Street Newton Le Willows WA12 9SL
first floor of shop into flat
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PRE/2005/0985 Granted
9 Church Lane Eccleston WA10 5AB
Loft coversion and external balcony
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PRE/2005/1060 Granted
41 Legh Road Haydock WA11 0EH
2 STOREY EXTENSION
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PRE/2006/0149 Decided
5 Buckthorn Gardens Rainhill WA9 5UG
Loft conversion
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PRE/2006/0275 Decided
12 Brookside Way Haydock WA11 0BP
Conservatory to rear
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PRE/2006/0263 Granted
5 Buckthorn Gardens Rainhill WA9 5UG
Garage Conversion
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PRE/2006/0472 Decided
5 Elmswood Avenue Rainhill L35 0PX
Conservatory
Decision speed
12 months to September 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 115 26%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 139 32%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 185 42%
Planning agents in St. Helens
The firms named as agent on the most applications on this register. Company information only.
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RJG Architecture LTD 94% granted overall 388
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MAT DESIGN LIMITED 92% granted overall 162
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Lawrenson Associates 98% granted overall 120
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MSA Architects 95% granted overall 112
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Keith Swain Design 97% granted overall 99
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Taurus Design Services Ltd 84% granted overall 53
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Quod Ltd 97% granted overall 46
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CBRE Ltd 99% granted overall 38
Browse by ward
Applications by ward in St. Helens
- Billinge And Seneley Green Ward 319
- Blackbrook Ward 130
- Bold And Lea Green Ward 333
- Earlestown Ward 38
- Eccleston Ward 481
- Haydock Ward 318
- Moss Bank Ward 212
- Newton East Ward 452
- Newton West Ward 217
- Parr Ward 141
- Peasley Cross & Fingerpost Ward 43
- Rainford Ward 486
- Rainhill Ward 416
- Sutton North West Ward 156
- Thatto Heath Ward 234
- Town Centre Ward 543
- West Park Ward 184
- Windle Ward 304
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Applications by postcode district
Common questions
How many planning applications does St. Helens decide?
In the 12 months to September 2026, St. Helens decided 439 planning applications. 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
How long does a planning decision take in St. Helens?
The median time from a planning application being received to a decision was 77 days over the 12 months to September 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many St. Helens decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 439 decisions in the 12 months to September 2026 where both dates are published, 26% came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 58% within thirteen weeks.
How many planning applications has St. Helens decided in total?
PlanIndex holds 4922 decisions from St. Helens between 2005 and 2026, out of 5,304 applications on record. Across that whole period 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
When is planning activity busiest in St. Helens?
May 2026 was the busiest month across the 12 months to September 2026, with 77 applications recorded. The monthly pattern is listed on this page.
How do I find a planning application by its reference number?
Every application indexed here has its own page at a stable address. Look the reference up in a search engine together with the council name, or browse the latest applications below. Each page shows the description, address, dates and decision as the council published them.
Where can I see the full documents for an application?
Plans, drawings and officer reports stay on St. Helens's own planning portal. Every application page here links straight to the source record.
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St. Helens: 5,304 planning applications on record as of September 2026. Trailing 12 months: 439 decided, 93% approved, median 77 days to a decision. 544 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2005 and 2026: 4,922 in total, 93% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.