Rainford Ward planning approval rate
Approval rate withheld for St Helens. PlanningLens is temporarily withholding the headline approval rate for this council. Refusals appear materially undercaptured in the published record, so an approval rate computed from it would overstate approval. This does not mean the previously shown percentage has been proved wrong. No official statistic is substituted in its place. Approval, refusal and rate figures are shown as – throughout this page. Decision volumes are unaffected and are still published. Why we withhold a rate
Last updated: September 2026
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ward approval rate
42
Decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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St Helens average
PlanningLens is currently withholding approval rates for St Helens, so no ward comparison is published for Rainford Ward. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Rainford Ward compares
Rainford Ward ward
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St Helens overall
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Recent decisions in Rainford Ward
Single storey rear extension. · Mon 07 Sep 2026
Single storey rear extension. · Thu 27 Aug 2026
Demolition of existing garage and erection of front porch and single storey side · Thu 13 Aug 2026
Change of use from selling and/or displaying motor vehicles (Sui Generis) to flo · Thu 30 Jul 2026
Single storey front infill extension to form a new entrance lobby. · Fri 24 Jul 2026
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✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
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✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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