Sutton North West 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: October 2026
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ward approval rate
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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 Sutton North West Ward. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Sutton North West Ward compares
Sutton North West Ward ward
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St Helens overall
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Recent decisions in Sutton North West Ward
Each reference links to the record on the council’s planning portal.
Prior approval for single storey rear extension, projecting 4m from the rear, 3. · Mon 19 Oct 2026
Single storey side extension. · Thu 15 Oct 2026
Removal of Condition 28 (acoustic fence) on approval P/2023/0557/FUL in line wit · Tue 01 Sep 2026
Single storey rear and side extension. · Mon 03 Aug 2026
Retention of a boundary fence and gates. · Thu 23 Jul 2026
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