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St. Helens planning applications
5,886 applications. 93% approved. 77 days to decide.
As of October 2026, PlanIndex holds 5,886 planning applications from St. Helens. 405 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 93% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
St. Helens: 612 applications received in the last year, 405 decisions published.
St. Helens takes a median of 72 days to decide a planning application. See how that compares.
All applications
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P/2026/0560/FUL Awaiting decision
Community Building Sturgess Street Playarea And Recreation Ground Sturgess Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9HS
Creation of a community garden together with boundary treatment and the installation of a container for community use (Use Class F2).
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P/2026/0554/HHFP Awaiting decision
51 Avondale Road Haydock St Helens WA11 0HJ
Single storey side extension.
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P/2026/0552/HHFP Awaiting decision
111 Carr Mill Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7TY
Two storey side and single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0556/HHFP Awaiting decision
24 Helmsley Close Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9GW
Single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0558/FUL Awaiting decision
Clarkes Golf Shop Rainford Golf Driving Range Mill Lane Rainford St Helens
Additional parking spaces within existing car park, and cycle store.
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P/2026/0553/HHFP Awaiting decision
14 Mossborough Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8QN
Proposed alterations and extensions to existing dwelling, including demoltion of side conservatory and rear extension, erection of part two storey part single storey side and rear extensions, raising the ridge height and erection of detached garage, and other external alterations
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P/2026/0559/CLP Awaiting decision
FC St Helens Windleshaw Road Dentons Green St Helens WA10 6TE
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed replacement of current grass pitch with artificial grass pitch, and installation of minor new drainage system associated with new playing surface.
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P/2026/0555/HHFP Awaiting decision
4 St Aidans Close Billinge St Helens WN5 7HU
Two storey side and single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0551/HHFP Awaiting decision
157 Stoney Lane Rainhill St Helens L35 9JY
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension; erection of a detached garage following the demolition of the existing garage; extension to the existing dropped kerb and verge crossing and removal of hedgerow.
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P/2026/0541/HHFP Awaiting decision
3 Thornton Drive Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9AP
Part retrospective application for erection of a outbuilding
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P/2026/0547/FUL Awaiting decision
Former Pilkington Canteen Alexandra Park Alexandra Drive St Helens
Full Planning permission for the conversion of existing Grade II Listed Building to 45 Apartments (31 one bedroom, 14 two bedroom) with internal alterations and external alterations, landscaping and associated works.
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P/2026/0548/LBC Awaiting decision
Former Pilkington Canteen Alexandra Park Alexandra Drive St Helens
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of existing Grade II Listed Building to 45 Apartments (31 one bedroom, 14 two bedroom) with internal alterations and external alterations, landscaping and associated works.
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P/2026/0538/COT Awaiting decision
97 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8QJ
Works to sycamore tree at front of property in conservation area.
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P/2026/0539/HHFP Awaiting decision
25 Parkside Avenue Clock Face St Helens WA9 4DT
Single storey side extension.
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P/2026/0535/HHFP Awaiting decision
8 Hawarde Close Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9WJ
Erection of two storey side extension
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P/2026/0537/CLP Awaiting decision
1 Firefly Close Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8TF
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0534/CLP Awaiting decision
31 Beacon Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7HF
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed rear dormer.
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P/2026/0533/HHFP Awaiting decision
24 Rookery Drive Rainford St Helens WA11 8BA
Single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0524/TPO Awaiting decision
21 Bexhill Gardens Rainhill St Helens WA9 5FQ
Works to 1no. Sycamore tree covered by a Tree Preservation Order
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P/2026/0543/FUL Awaiting decision
6 Rosebery Road Dentons Green St Helens WA10 6AG
Demolition of the existing dwelling and erection of a replacement detached dwelling in accordance with the design previously approved under planning permission P/2025/0480/HHFP, with associated landscaping and external works.
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P/2026/0536/FUL Awaiting decision
47 Leach Lane Sutton Leach St Helens WA9 4PX
Change of use of dwellinghouse (C3) to children's care home (C2) for 2no children.
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P/2026/0545/HHFP Awaiting decision
19 Melbourne Street Thatto Heath St Helens WA9 5QY
Erection of a two-storey side extension, alterations to the front boundary wall to provide a new vehicular access, including a sliding gate, dropped kerb and parking space, together with associated internal alterations.
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P/2026/0546/FUL Awaiting decision
Rainford Cricket Club Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD
Erection of two cricket practice nets at site.
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P/2026/0530/HHFP Awaiting decision
Bridge House South Lane Widnes WA8 3TY
Demolition of existing conservatory, erection of single-storey side and rear extensions, alterations to the existing roof including an increase in ridge height to facilitate first-floor accommodation, formation of front and rear gables, erection of 3no. rear dormer windows, insertion of rooflights, and rendering of the dwelling.
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P/2026/0519/FUL Awaiting decision
Pavement Fronting 25 College Street St Helens WA10 1TF
Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk, defibrillator and ancillary advertisement.
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P/2026/0522/ADC Awaiting decision
Pavement Fronting 24 - 26 Ormskirk Street St Helens
Digital advertising display integrated within digital communications kiosk.
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P/2026/0521/FUL Awaiting decision
Pavement Fronting 24 - 26 Ormskirk Street St Helens
Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk, defibrillator and ancillary advertisement.
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P/2026/0520/ADC Awaiting decision
Pavement Fronting 25 College Street St Helens WA10 1TF
Digital advertising display integrated within digital communications kiosk.
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P/2026/0544/TPO Awaiting decision
82 Spindle Hillock Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0PY
Works to Trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order to fell 1no Copper Beach tree.
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P/2026/0531/FUL Awaiting decision
25 - 27 Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9BQ
Change of use from betting office (Sui Generis) to shop (Class E(a)) on ground floor. Alterations to the shopfront and a new doorway at front. Change of use from vacant ancillary accommodation associated with ground floor use to two serviced accommodation (Class C1).
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P/2026/0529/FUL Awaiting decision
Land Off Bromilow Road And To The Rear Of Meadow Lane St Helens WA9 3AE
Proposed replacement of existing boundary treatments with secure wire mesh fencing.
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P/2026/0513/CLP Awaiting decision
46 Smock Lane Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0SN
Certificate of Lawfulness for a single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0542/OUP Awaiting decision
Land North East Of M6 J23 Haydock Point St Helens
Outline planning application, with all matters reserved except for access from the A580 and A49, for the development of employment floorspace for manufacturing and distribution uses with ancillary offices (Use Classes B2 and B8), together with food and drink uses (Use Class E(b) and sui generis drive-through), leisure/health and fitness uses (Use Classes E(d) and F2(c)), crèche use (Use Class E(f)), a sustainable/alternative fuel hub for HGVs with associated welfare facilities, car and HGV parking, landscaping, site profiling, and associated highways, drainage and utilities infrastructure.
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P/2026/0528/OUP Awaiting decision
Land South Of Leyland Green Road, North Of Billinge Road And East Of Garswood Road, Garswood
Outline application for the demolition of an existing structure and the erection of up to 320 dwellings, with associated public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and other associated works, with all matters reserved except access from Leyland Green Road.
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P/2026/0523/CLP Decided
50 Junction Lane St Helens WA9 3JN
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to 4 person HMO (C4).
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P/2026/0515/FUL Awaiting decision
Pavement Fronting 2 - 6 Church Street St Helens WA10 1BD
Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk, defibrillator and ancillary advertisement.
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P/2026/0516/ADC Awaiting decision
Pavement Fronting 2 - 6 Church Street St Helens WA10 1BD
Digital advertising display integrated within digital communications kiosk.
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P/2026/0518/ADC Awaiting decision
Pavement On Linkway West (Near Cineworld) St Helens WA10 1BF
Digital advertising display integrated within digital communications kiosk.
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P/2026/0511/HHFP Awaiting decision
46 Mottram Rise Eccleston St Helens WA10 5QZ
Single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0517/FUL Awaiting decision
Pavement On Linkway West (Near Cineworld) St Helens WA10 1BF
Installation of 1no black digital communications kiosk, defibrillator and ancillary advertisement.
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P/2026/0509/HHPA Awaiting decision
36 Brook End St Helens WA9 3RS
Prior approval for a single storey rear extension projecting 4.00m from the rear, 3.40m overall height and 2.30m at the eaves.
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P/2026/0510/HHFP Awaiting decision
6 Ansdale Wood Drive St Helens WA9 5XN
Single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0526/COT Awaiting decision
79 Southworth Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 0BL
Works to 3no sweetgum trees in a Conservation Area for felling and tree replacement
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A/2026/0034/NMA Awaiting decision
The Gamble Institute Victoria Square St Helens WA10 1DY
Non-material amendment to planning reference (P/2022/0212/HYBR) which was subsequently amended by NMA reference A/2023/0008/NMA, to amend the approved maximum development heights, in order to align with a new, approved planning application for an extension to the Gamble Building (reference P/2026/0255/FUL).
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C/2026/0142/CON Decided
27 Crank Hill Crank St Helens WA11 7SD
Discharge of condition 5 on approval P/2026/0164/HHFP.
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P/2026/0506/HHFP Awaiting decision
205 Hardshaw Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1JU
Single storey rear extension.
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P/2026/0557/AGRPA Awaiting decision
Hayfield Farm Sandy Lane Bold Heath St Helens WA8 3XP
Prior approval for proposed agricultural produce and machinery building.
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P/2026/0507/COT Awaiting decision
All Saints Parish Church Hall Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HE
Works to 4no trees in a Conservation Area to cut back overhanging branches.
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P/2026/0503/CLP Decided
255 Marshalls Cross Road St Helens 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, front rooflight and partial removal of chimney stacks.
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P/2026/0514/HHFP Awaiting decision
57 Belvedere Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 0JS
Single storey wraparound extension, following demolition of existing single storey outbuilding.
Recent decisions
Data to October 2026
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P/2025/0522/FUL Granted
Horseshoe Hotel Derbyshire Hill Road St Helens WA9 2LJ
Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to convenience store (Class E), with single storey extension following removal of existing extension and alterations to the building.
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C/2026/0090/CONBNG Granted
Newton Le Willows Sports And Social Club Crow Lane East Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9XE
Discharge of Biodiversity Net Gain Plan condition on application P/2026/0018/FUL.
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C/2026/0137/CON Granted
16 Cardinal Way Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9FX
Discharge of condition 2 (noise assessment) on approval P/2026/0220/HHFP.
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C/2026/0133/CON Granted
Unit 1 Haydock Green Penny Lane Haydock St Helens WA11 9DT
Discharge of Condition 9 (Travel Plan) and Condition 10 (Travel Plan Coordinator) on approval P/2025/0557/FUL.
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C/2026/0132/CONBNG Granted
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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C/2026/0128/CON Granted
Sutton Methodist Church New Street St Helens
Discharge of Condition 17 (EV Charging) on approval P/2024/0153/FUL.
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P/2026/0401/HHFP Granted
31 Beacon Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7HF
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
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C/2026/0116/CON Granted
Mill Green School Lansbury Avenue St Helens WA9 1BU
Discharge of conditions 3 (Site Investigation/Risk Assessment), 6 (LPMP) and 9 (Landscape Scheme) on approval P/2025/0654/FP3.
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P/2026/0369/HHFP Granted
15 Dorgan Close Rainhill St Helens L35 8PH
Part single, part two storey side / rear extension and altered front driveway
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C/2025/0092/CON Granted
Land West Of Lodge Lane Lodge Lane Haydock St Helens
Discharge of Condition 5 (Highways), 7 (Highway Improvements) and 39 (Bus Stop Improvements) on approval P/2022/0063/OUP.
The full record
Decisions between 2005 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 5,460 decisions from St. Helens between 2005 and 2026, part of 5,886 applications on record. Over that period 93% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 4,481 granted against 351 refused. The busiest single year was 2021, with 978 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 Refused
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/2005/0279 Decided
25 Badbury Close Haydock WA11 0FF
brick wall to run down side of property
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PRE/2005/0318 Decided
26 Willow Bank Newton Le Willows WA12 0DQ
conservatory
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PRE/2005/0237 Refused
8 Sankey Road Haydock WA11 0DD
bay window
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PRE/2005/0731 Refused
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/2005/0951 Decided
9 Wayfarers Drive Newton Le Willows WA12 8DF
CHANGE CARPORT TO GARAGE, CONSERVATORY TO REAR
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PRE/2005/0967 Refused
13 Wayfarers Drive Newton Le Willows WA12 8DF
RESITE FENCE
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PRE/2005/0985 Refused
9 Church Lane Eccleston WA10 5AB
Loft coversion and external balcony
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PRE/2005/1060 Refused
41 Legh Road Haydock WA11 0EH
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Decision speed
12 months to October 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 112 28%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 122 30%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 171 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 92% granted overall 428
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MAT DESIGN LIMITED 91% granted overall 186
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Lawrenson Associates 97% granted overall 138
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MSA Architects 95% granted overall 119
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Keith Swain Design 96% granted overall 111
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Taurus Design Services Ltd 82% granted overall 54
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Quod Ltd 97% granted overall 48
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CBRE Ltd 99% granted overall 40
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Applications by ward in St. Helens
- Billinge And Seneley Green Ward 362
- Blackbrook Ward 145
- Bold And Lea Green Ward 369
- Earlestown Ward 73
- Eccleston Ward 543
- Haydock Ward 359
- Moss Bank Ward 241
- Newton East Ward 483
- Newton West Ward 217
- Parr Ward 158
- Peasley Cross & Fingerpost Ward 43
- Rainford Ward 542
- Rainhill Ward 454
- Sutton North West Ward 179
- Thatto Heath Ward 263
- Town Centre Ward 622
- West Park Ward 196
- Windle Ward 327
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Common questions
How many planning applications does St. Helens decide?
In the 12 months to October 2026, St. Helens decided 405 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 October 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many St. Helens decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 405 decisions in the 12 months to October 2026 where both dates are published, 28% 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 5460 decisions from St. Helens between 2005 and 2026, out of 5,886 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 October 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: 5,886 planning applications on record as of October 2026. Trailing 12 months: 405 decided, 93% approved, median 77 days to a decision. 612 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2005 and 2026: 5,460 in total, 93% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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