Skip to content

St Johns Playground St John Street Newton Le Willows St Helens

P/2026/0434/FULFullPending Decision

Proposal

Extension of existing playground footprint, along with installation of new play equipment, boundary fencing, safety surfacing and hardstanding footpaths.

Received
26 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 12 October 2026
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in St Helens93% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for an extension at St Johns Playground St John Street Newton Le Willows St Helens. St Helens has handled 2,535 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 26 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Newton West Ward.

Application Details

Reference
P/2026/0434/FUL
Address
St Johns Playground St John Street Newton Le Willows St Helens
Local Authority
St Helens
Application Type
Full
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Decided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
26 August 2026
Date Validated
26 August 2026
Date Submitted
26 August 2026
Decision Issued
12 October 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
15
Coordinates
53.453125, -2.647213
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: St Helens

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Aug

    Extension of existing playground footprint, along with installation of new play equipment, boundary fencing…

    ApplicationFiled alongsideP/2026/0434/FP3
  2. 2026
    26 Aug

    Extension of existing playground footprint, along with installation of new play equipment, boundary fencing…

    This applicationFullP/2026/0434/FUL

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report