Units 24 To 25A Mill Lane Rainford Industrial Estate St Helens Rainford WA11 8LS

1. 8 Apr 2025

   Received by St. Helens

2. 10 Apr 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Jun 2025

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Required

4. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

St. Helens has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 8 Meadow View Rainford St Helens WA11 8AA

  P/2021/0317/HHFP Submitted 25 Mar 2021 200 yards away

  Single storey side and rear extension

  Granted Householder Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• Sandwash Park Rainford Industrial Estate Sandwash Close Rainford St Helens

  P/2024/0248/FUL Submitted 7 May 2024 300 yards away

  Creation of a new vehicle and pedestrian access served off Sandwash Close with associated landscaping, drainage, and other ancillary works

  Granted Full applications 80 docs

• Unit 8 Mill Brook Business Park Mill Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8LZ

  P/2023/0259/FUL Submitted 21 Apr 2023 350 yards away

  Change of use application from use class E (commercial office) to use class F (private school).

  Withdrawn Full applications 17 docs

• Mill Brook Business Park Mill Lane Rainford St Helens

  P/2021/1044/FUL Submitted 3 Dec 2021 350 yards away

  Addition of extra car parking spaces between plots 1& 2.

  Granted Full applications 12 docs

• Land South Of 94 Sandwash Close Rainford St Helens WA11 8LY

  P/2023/0703/FUL Submitted 14 Dec 2023 0.3 miles away

  Erection of industrial building B2 (general industry)/B8 (storage and distribution) with office/ancillary accommodation.

  Granted Full applications 19 docs

• P/2026/0284/O2DPA Granted

  22 - 24 Willow Bank Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 0DQ

  Prior approval for change of use of existing office building (Class E) to 1no dwellinghouse (Class C3).

  Received 28 May, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• P/2026/0234/DEMPA Withdrawn

  Land At Laffak Road And Carr Mill Road St Helens WA11 9LG

  Prior approval for the demolition of a two storey former café building, one storey former car auction unit, terrace of single storey former industrial units, former residential property and outbuildings, former petrol filling station and one storey former retail unit

  Received 1 May, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• P/2026/0230/S2DPA Decided

  121 Rainhill Road Rainhill St Helens L35 4PD

  Prior approval for change of use of property from ground floor hairdressers (E) and first floor flat (C3) to a single dwellinghouse (C3).

  Received 5 May, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• P/2026/0249/HHPA Decided

  10A Main Street Billinge St Helens WN5 7HR

  Prior approval for a single storey rear extension projecting 4.02m from the rear, 3.92m overall height and 2.39m at the eaves.

  Received 13 May, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• P/2026/0209/HHPA Decided

  16 Renfrew Avenue St Helens Merseyside WA11 9RL

  Prior approval for a single storey rear extension projecting 3.7m from the rear, 2.8m overall height and 2.6m at the eaves.

  Received 7 Apr, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval