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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for St Helens Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jun 2023 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
9 Lowther Drive Rainhill St Helens L35 0NG
Received 16 May 20253 Ashley Close Rainhill St Helens L35 0QF
Received 16 May 2025The Vulcan Inn Manchester Row Newton Le Willows St Helens
Received 16 May 202517 Fairway Windle St Helens WA10 6BH
Received 17 May 2025Langtree House Millfield Lane Haydock St Helens WA11 9UT
Received 19 May 202513 Carr Mill Road Billinge St Helens WN5 7TW
Received 19 May 2025Land Site Of Former Parkside Colliery Winwick Road Newton Le Willows St Helens
Received 19 May 2025Rose Ridge House 4 Owen Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PJ
Received 19 May 20255 Patterdale Drive St Helens WA10 3PN
Received 19 May 2025Police Car Park Peel Street Newton Le Willows St Helens
Received 20 May 2025Site Of 57 Springfield Lane Eccleston St Helens WA10 5HB
Received 21 May 202515 Downland Way St Helens Merseyside WA9 3RH
Received 21 May 202518 Haresfinch Road St Helens Merseyside WA11 9NU
Received 21 May 202527 Threadneedle Court St Helens Merseyside WA9 3GH
Received 22 May 202555 Canberra Avenue St Helens WA9 5RY
Received 22 May 2025Josiah Evans Court 77 Crow Lane East Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 9TS
Received 22 May 2025Caleb House Abbotsfield Road Industrial Estate Abbotsfield Road Bold St Helens WA9 4HU
Received 22 May 2025St Helens Rugby League Football Club Stadium Peasley Cross Lane St Helens WA9 3AL
Received 22 May 20257 Ingleholme Gardens Eccleston Park St Helens L34 2GD
Received 22 May 2025Land Adjacent To 116 Wargrave Road Newton Le Willows St Helens WA12 8JW
Received 22 May 20259 Oakwood Gardens St Helens Merseyside WA11 7FS
Received 23 May 20253 St. Peters Way St Helens Merseyside WA9 2ES
Received 23 May 202550 Prestwick Close St Helens Merseyside WA9 5RG
Received 24 May 2025271 Prescot Road St Helens Merseyside WA10 3HN
Received 24 May 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for St Helens Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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