St Helens Town Centre

1. 14 Jan 2026

   Received by St. Helens

2. 20 Jan 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 17 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   St. Helens took a median of 77 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• P/2023/0685/RES 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

  Phase 1 Reserved Matters submission relating to the Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for an office (use class E(g)(i-ii) with ancillary use class E(b) floorspace); hotel (use class C1); residential use (use class C3); market (use classes E(a), E(b) & sui generis); retail/leisure floorspace (use classes E(a-f) and sui generis); and associated landscaping, parking and servicing pursuant to planning permission P/2022/0212/HYBR. Along with details required by conditions to be submitted with reserved matters no. 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, and satisfy other relevant conditions.

  Decided 26 Sep 2025 Reserved matters

This application is with St. Helens for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year St. Helens decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 149 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 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

  P/2023/0685/RES Submitted 30 Nov 2023 0m away

  Phase 1 Reserved Matters submission relating to the Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for an office (use class E(g)(i-ii) with ancillary use class E(b) floorspace); hotel (use class C1); residential use (use class C3); market (use classes E(a), E(b) & sui generis); retail/leisure floorspace (use classes E(a-f) and sui generis); and associated landscaping, parking and servicing pursuant to planning permission P/2022/0212/HYBR. Along with details required by conditions to be submitted with reserved matters no. 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, and satisfy other relevant conditions.

  Granted Reserved matters 451 docs

• 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

  C/2026/0059/CON Submitted 16 Mar 2026 0m away

  Discharge condition 30 (updated layout plans, highway adoption and drainage plans) on approval P/2023/0685/RES.

  Granted Conditions 8 docs

• 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.

  C/2025/0084/CON Submitted 1 Aug 2025 54m away

  Discharge condition 8 (written scheme of investigation) in relation to phase 2 of approval P/2022/0212/HYBR.

  Granted Conditions 6 docs

• 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.

  C/2026/0044/CON Submitted 18 Feb 2026 54m away

  Partial discharge of conditions application relating to Condition 41 of hybrid planning application P/2022/0212/HYBR.

  Granted Conditions 8 docs

• 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.

  P/2022/0212/HYBR Submitted 18 Mar 2022 54m away

  Hybrid planning application seeking: - Full planning permission and permission for relevant demolition in a conservation area for proposed demolition and site preparation works; and - Outline planning permission for development of a mix of uses, comprising hotel use (Use Class C1); residential units (Use Class C3); commercial, business and service uses (Use Class E(a-g)); local community & learning uses (Use Class F1(b-e) and F2(b)); and Sui Generis uses, with associated access, servicing, parking, public realm and landscaping, with all matters (Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) reserved for future determination.

  Granted Demolition 204 docs

• 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.

  C/2025/0099/CON Submitted 18 Sep 2025 54m away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~13 Nov

  Discharge condition 17 (materials schedule) on approval P/2022/0212/HYBR.

  Awaiting decision Conditions 68 docs

• 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.

  7 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 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.

  7 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 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.

  7 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 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.

  2 Sep 2026 Conditions
• C/2026/0126/CON Awaiting decision

  John K Philips Group Ltd Peasley Cross Lane St Helens WA9 3AL

  Discharge of condition 7 (local employment scheme) on approval P/2023/0544/FUL.

  19 Aug 2026 Conditions