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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
93.8% of applications approved
Ranks #47 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
23.4% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #43 of 371 for decisions upheld · national average 32.0% · 64 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£192,000 median sale price
-0.3% year on year · 2,125 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
45.5% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #174 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 76,700 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/2026/0142/CON | 27 Crank Hill Crank St Helens | Discharge of condition 5 on approval P/2026/0164/HHFP. | Dischargeconditions | 30 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0503/CLP | 255 Marshalls Cross Road St Helens | Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to 6 bedroom, 6 person HMO (C4) including… | Lawfuldevelopment | 29 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0505/HHFP | 40 Rutherford Road Windle St Helens | Part single and part two storey side and rear extensions. | Householder | 28 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0504/HHFP | 10 Park Road North Newton Le Willows St Helens | Re-covering of existing roof, replacement of existing front door and side screen, and replacement of existing driveway. | Householder | 26 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0499/PIP | Land Off Carr Mill Road St Helens | Permission in principle for construction of between 5no and 9no residential dwellinghouses at site. | Outlineplanning | 25 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0502/FUL | 17 Church Road Rainford St Helens | Retrospective application for demolition of existing detached garage and erection of replacement single storey detached… | Fullplanning | 24 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0495/ART | St Helens Borough | The introduction of the proposed Article 4 Direction has the effect of removing the permitted development rights… | Changeofuse | 24 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0498/HHPA | 60 Grange Park Road Thatto Heath St Helens | Prior approval for a single storey rear extension projecting 3.38m from the rear, 3.54m overall height and 2.29m at the… | Householder | 24 Sept 2026 |
| C/2026/0141/CON | Raven Lodge 113 Church Street St Helens | Discharge of condition 9 (materials) and condition 10 (bird boxes) on approval P/2025/0579/FUL. | Dischargeconditions | 24 Sept 2026 |
| P/2026/0497/HHFP | 3 Langholm Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens | Single storey side extension. | Householder | 21 Sept 2026 |
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We index every application published on St Helens’s planning portal (Idox Public Access) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://publicaccess.sthelens.gov.uk/online-applicationsNewest application received 30 Sept 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by St Helens, updated several times a day. A free PlanNexus account searches the full archive of 35,743 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type, and includes 1,000 requests a month plus email alerts. PlanNexus is independent of St Helens — we index what the council publishes and add the decisions, approval rates and appeal outcomes the register itself doesn't show. The council's own portal is linked above.
PlanNexus indexes St Helens's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 30 Sept 2026.
93.8% of St Helens's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
23.4% of appeals against St Helens decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.0%, across 64 decided appeals.
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