Planning application
Land At Whiston Woods Rainhill St Helens
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
- 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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Feb 2025
Received by St. Helens
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6 Mar 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Grant
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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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.
Who's behind it
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WSP Ltd Agent, registered in Cobham
Active · incorporated 2001 · Cobham
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
283 documents on file for this application
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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.
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