1 Bexhill Gardens Rainhill St Helens WA9 5FQ

1. 28 Jul 2025

   Received by St. Helens

2. 31 Jul 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 11 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Grant

4. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.

More on full applications applications in our guide

• 3 Bexhill Gardens Rainhill St Helens WA9 5FQ

  P/2020/0771/HHFP Submitted 12 Oct 2020 17m away

  Proposed single storey side and rear extensions. Loft conversion with raised ridge height to the main dwelling and roof lights.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 1 Newmarket Gardens Rainhill St Helens WA9 5FR

  P/2024/0433/TPO Submitted 30 Aug 2024 32m away

  Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order to crown lift and thin 1no sycamore tree.

  Granted Trees 9 docs

• 1 Newmarket Gardens Rainhill St Helens WA9 5FR

  P/2023/0030/TPO Submitted 19 Jan 2023 35m away

  Works to 1no sycamore tree protected by a Tree Preservation Order.

  Refused Trees 7 docs

• 2 Newmarket Gardens Rainhill St Helens WA9 5FR

  P/2025/0373/TPO Submitted 18 Jun 2025 62m away

  Works to 1no tree under TPO.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 87 Edge Street Thatto Heath St Helens WA9 5JX

  P/2026/0439/CLP Submitted 28 Aug 2026 96m away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~23 Oct

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to childrens home (C2) for 1 child

  Awaiting decision Lawful development 4 docs
  Domestic

• 34 Heatherleigh Rainhill St Helens WA9 5SU

  P/2019/0279/HHFP Submitted 1 Apr 2019 109m away

  Conversion of existing garage to form habitable annexe

  Granted Householder 41 docs
  Domestic

• P/2026/0443/FUL Awaiting decision

  Windlehurst Lodge Hard Lane St Helens WA10 6LA

  Change of use from C3 (dwellinghouse) to C2 (residential care home) for use of up to 3no children.

  28 Aug 2026 Full applications
• P/2026/0155/FUL Granted

  19 - 21 George Street St Helens WA10 1DA

  Re-instatement of partially demolished building along with single storey rear extension; Change of use of ground floor to funeral directors and the formation of 2no new flats at first and second floor level.

  19 Mar 2026 Full applications
• P/2026/0436/FUL Awaiting decision

  Rainford Tennis Club 30A Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HE

  Installation of 2no covered padel courts with floodlighting, repositioning of 2no pickleball courts, repositioning and alterations of existing 4no tennis courts and associated works.

  26 Aug 2026 Full applications
• P/2026/0432/FUL Awaiting decision

  25 Ormskirk Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1BQ

  Change of use from drinking establishment (sui generis) to betting office (sui generis). Alterations to shop front and external changes.

  26 Aug 2026 Full applications
• P/2026/0428/FUL Awaiting decision

  56 - 58 Westfield Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 1QJ

  Change of use from drinking establishment (Sui Generis use) into 2no separate Class E units to the ground floor. Part two-storey/part first floor rear extension and conversion of first floor to office (Class E). Alterations to shop front and external changes.

  21 Aug 2026 Full applications