Town Centre 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
68
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 Town Centre Ward. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Town Centre Ward compares
Town Centre Ward ward
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St Helens overall
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Recent decisions in Town Centre Ward
Each reference links to the record on the council’s planning portal.
Prior approval for change of use from commercial office (Class E (c) (ii) back t · Wed 21 Oct 2026
Change of use from vacant ancillary accommodation associated with the ground use · Wed 23 Sep 2026
Demolition of the existing single storey rear extension and the erection of a si · Mon 14 Sep 2026
Five storey extension on the east elevation to form a new east facing entrance, · Thu 03 Sep 2026
Re-instatement of partially demolished building along with single storey rear ex · Thu 27 Aug 2026
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✓ Common refusal reasons in St Helens
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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