Flat At Cowley Vaults 50 Cooper Street St Helens WA10 2BH

1. 21 Jul 2026

   Received by St. Helens

2. 25 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 14 Sep 2026

   Decision issued: Refuse

4. 25 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Decided

   Previously Awaiting decision.

St. Helens refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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• Turks Head 49 - 51 Morley Street St Helens WA10 2DQ

  P/2025/0196/FUL Submitted 20 Mar 2025 50 yards away

  Conversion of existing covered beer garden to indoor seating area and a single storey rear extension.

  Granted Full applications Extension 15 docs
  Small domestic

• Cooper Street Open Space Cooper Street St Helens

  P/2024/0069/FP3 Submitted 2 Feb 2024 100 yards away

  Construction of Pocket Park facility at the land bound by Cooper Street, Chapel Street and Halefield Street

  Granted Full applications 33 docs

• Cooper Street Open Space Cooper Street St Helens

  C/2024/0107/CON Submitted 30 Aug 2024 100 yards away

  Discharge of Condition 5 (Remediation Report) on approval P/2024/0069/FP3

  Granted Conditions 8 docs

• 45 North Road St Helens WA10 2TU

  C/2025/0082/CON Submitted 21 Jul 2025 150 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions 5 (Cycle Store), 7 (Surfacing Materials) and 11 (Bat Box) on approval P/2024/0076/FUL

  Withdrawn Conditions 10 docs

• 45 North Road St Helens WA10 2TU

  C/2024/0035/CON Submitted 22 Jan 2024 150 yards away

  Discharge of conditions 4 (site invesitigation), 8 (ventilation) and 12 (Reasonable Avoidance Method Statement) on approval P/2023/0261/FUL

  Granted Conditions 13 docs

• 70 Cooper Street St Helens WA10 2DP

  P/2026/0294/CLP Submitted 1 Jun 2026 200 yards away

  91% historically approved · decision due ~30 Jul

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to 6 bedroom, 6 person HMO (C4)

  Decided Lawful development
  Domestic

• P/2026/0559/CLP Awaiting decision

  FC St Helens Windleshaw Road Dentons Green St Helens WA10 6TE

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed replacement of current grass pitch with artificial grass pitch, and installation of minor new drainage system associated with new playing surface.

  Received 19 Oct, published by the council 2 Nov 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0537/CLP Awaiting decision

  1 Firefly Close Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8TF

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension.

  Received 12 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0534/CLP Awaiting decision

  31 Beacon Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7HF

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed rear dormer.

  Received 9 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0513/CLP Awaiting decision

  46 Smock Lane Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0SN

  Certificate of Lawfulness for a single storey rear extension.

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• P/2026/0523/CLP Decided

  50 Junction Lane St Helens WA9 3JN

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to 4 person HMO (C4).

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Lawful development