Waste Processing Plant 5 Navigation Road St Helens WA9 1NS

1. 16 Oct 2025

   Received by St. Helens

2. 22 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 9 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Grant

4. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

St. Helens granted permission on 9 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.

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.

• 2 - 42 Holly Bank Street St Helens St Helens WA9 1EG

  C/2019/0104/CON Submitted 8 Nov 2019 150 yards away

  Partial discharge of condition 3 on approval P/2017/0674/FUL (capping validation report- public open space).

  Granted Conditions 8 docs

• 1 Collins Industrial Estate Merton Bank Road St Helens WA9 1HY

  P/2022/0779/FUL Submitted 8 Nov 2022 200 yards away

  Subdivision of existing warehouse unit into 3no self contained units and extension to front

  Granted Full applications Extension 23 docs

• 1 Collins Industrial Estate Merton Bank Road St Helens WA9 1HY

  P/2024/0309/S73 Submitted 21 Jun 2024 200 yards away

  Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on application P/2022/0779/FUL, following removal of 1no parking space at the front of proposed extension, in order to facilitate access to underground services.

  Granted Amendments Extension 27 docs

• Suregrow Garden Centre Collins Industrial Estate Merton Bank Road St Helens WA9 1HY

  P/2023/0673/FUL Submitted 2 Oct 2023 200 yards away

  Construction of 14no. commercial/light industrial units (Use class E) together with ancillary external works.

  Granted Full applications 41 docs

• Lomond Plant Limited Lock Street St Helens WA9 1HS

  P/2020/0460/FUL Submitted 15 Jun 2020 250 yards away

  Change of use from plant hire to self storage and removals with the creation of ancillary cafe.

  Granted Full applications 14 docs

• 63 Grantham Crescent St Helens Merseyside WA11 9YE

  P/2024/0132/HHFP Submitted 9 Mar 2024 250 yards away

  Part two storey, part single storey front, side and rear extension.

  Granted Householder Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• P/2026/0536/FUL Awaiting decision

  47 Leach Lane Sutton Leach St Helens WA9 4PX

  Change of use of dwellinghouse (C3) to children's care home (C2) for 2no children.

  Received 7 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Full applications
• P/2026/0519/FUL Awaiting decision

  Pavement Fronting 25 College Street St Helens WA10 1TF

  Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk, defibrillator and ancillary advertisement.

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Full applications
• P/2025/0522/FUL Granted

  Horseshoe Hotel Derbyshire Hill Road St Helens WA9 2LJ

  Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to convenience store (Class E), with single storey extension following removal of existing extension and alterations to the building.

  Received 12 Sep, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Full applications
• P/2026/0531/FUL Awaiting decision

  25 - 27 Market Street Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9BQ

  Change of use from betting office (Sui Generis) to shop (Class E(a)) on ground floor. Alterations to the shopfront and a new doorway at front. Change of use from vacant ancillary accommodation associated with ground floor use to two serviced accommodation (Class C1).

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Full applications
• P/2026/0529/FUL Awaiting decision

  Land Off Bromilow Road And To The Rear Of Meadow Lane St Helens WA9 3AE

  Proposed replacement of existing boundary treatments with secure wire mesh fencing.

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Full applications