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Land At Whiston Woods Rainhill St Helens

Granted St. Helens P/2025/0143/FUL Full Planning Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of use of land to cemetery (sui generis), incorporating burial and memorial plots, with associated roads, footpaths, parking areas, drainage infrastructure, landscaping, and other associated works.

As published by the council, reference P/2025/0143/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2025/0143/FUL
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant
Received
20 Feb 2025
Validated
6 Mar 2025
Decided
24 Dec 2025
Ward
Rainhill Ward
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • C/2026/0118/CON Awaiting decision

    Land At Whiston Woods Rainhill St Helens

    Discharge Condition 4 (Levels Plan), Condition 7 (Bicycle Parking), Condition 9 (Highways Scheme), Condition 10 (Boundary Treatments), Condition 11 (Access), Condition 12 (PROW), Condition 14 (Groundworks (Hard Surfacing Materials), Condition 15 (Drainage), and Condition 25 (Landscaping) of approval P/2025/0143/FUL.

    Submitted 29 Jul 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Feb 2025

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 6 Mar 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Grant

  4. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • C/2026/0118/CON Awaiting decision

    Land At Whiston Woods Rainhill St Helens

    Discharge Condition 4 (Levels Plan), Condition 7 (Bicycle Parking), Condition 9 (Highways Scheme), Condition 10 (Boundary Treatments), Condition 11 (Access), Condition 12 (PROW), Condition 14 (Groundworks (Hard Surfacing Materials), Condition 15 (Drainage), and Condition 25 (Landscaping) of approval P/2025/0143/FUL.

    Submitted 29 Jul 2026 Conditions

Who's behind it

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WSP Ltd Agent, registered in Cobham

Active · incorporated 2001 · Cobham

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

283 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St. Helens granted permission on 24 December 2025, 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 full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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