Windle 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
35
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 Windle Ward. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Windle Ward compares
Windle Ward ward
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St Helens overall
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Recent decisions in Windle Ward
Replacement and upgrade of an existing heating system including installation of · Thu 27 Aug 2026
Single storey infill rear extension. · Wed 19 Aug 2026
Installation of new shop frontage with replacement roller shutters, along with i · Mon 17 Aug 2026
Prior approval for change of use from barber shop (E) to dwelling use (C3). · Mon 27 Jul 2026
Erection of replacement building · Thu 18 Jun 2026
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✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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