Planning applications in Rainford
Last application update 25 Sept 2026
See what's happening with planning in Rainford: 664 planning applications tracked so far.
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Status breakdown
Other (32)
- Withdrawn30
- Unresolved2
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Springvale 2 Reeds Brow Rainford St Helens WA11 8PB
GrantedCertificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey outbuilding.
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Land South Of Mill House Kings Moss St Helens WN5 7EZ
GrantedDischarge of Biodiversity Net Gain Plan condition on application P/2025/0465/FUL
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3 Rose Drive Rainford St Helens WA11 8QF
GrantedPrior approval for single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory, projecting 5m from the rear, 3.05m max height, and 2.2m at the…
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172 Bushey Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 7LB
GrantedTwo storey side extension.
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Rainford Library Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HA
WithdrawnProposed change of use from a library F1(d) to day nursery E(f), with proposed side extension and associated external works.
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20 Buttermere Crescent Rainford St Helens WA11 7LL
UndecidedSingle storey side extension
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2 Hill Top Road Rainford St Helens WA11 7QS
UndecidedProposed alterations and extensions to existing property, including demolition of existing garage and rear lean-to structutres, part single, part two storey…
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7 Festival Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8EP
GrantedSingle storey rear extension.
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7 Festival Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8EP
GrantedSingle storey rear extension.
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Rainford Tennis Club 30A Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HE
UndecidedInstallation of 2no covered padel courts with floodlighting, repositioning of 2no pickleball courts, repositioning and alterations of existing 4no tennis…
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101 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8QJ
UndecidedDemolition of existing single storey rear extension and detached garage and erection of a part two storey, part single storey rear extension along with a new…
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46 Muncaster Drive Rainford St Helens WA11 8NR
UndecidedTwo storey side extension following the demolitionof the existing garage at the side.
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Rowan Croft Gores Lane Crank St Helens WA11 8QX
GrantedDemolition of existing garage and erection of front porch and single storey side extension
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198 Ormskirk Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8SW
UndecidedErection of a two storey front extension, two storey side and rear extension, single storey rear extension, conversion of the existing roof from hip to gable…
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Highfield Crank Road Crank St Helens WA11 7RZ
GrantedErection of a conservatory to the side.
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35 Pilkington Street Rainford St Helens WA11 8HG
UndecidedSingle storey rear extension.
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37 Lakeside Gardens Rainford St Helens WA11 8HH
UndecidedDemolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension
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87 Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8BQ
GrantedTwo storey side and single storey rear extension.
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Hill Top Farm Farmhouse St Helens Road Rainford St Helens WA11 7QX
UndecidedDemolition of the existing single storey side extension and the erection of new single storey side and rear extension.
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64 Stanley Avenue Rainford St Helens WA11 8JA
GrantedSingle storey side extension
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1 Foot Of The Hill Farm Mill Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8LN
GrantedConversion of existing storage outbuilding to create self-contained granny annex and film/photography studio and office.
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Langwood Park Langwood Lane Kings Moss St Helens WA11 8PW
UndecidedDischarge conditions 10 (remediation/phase 2 report), 11 (coal mining), 12 (landscaping) and 13 (materials) on application P/2024/0620/FUL.
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Scythe Stone Delph Farmhouse Maggots Nook Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8PJ
GrantedSingle storey rear extension incorporating the replacement of an existing rear window with a new doorway along with the relocation of an existing doorway to…
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Scythe Stone Delph Farmhouse Maggots Nook Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8PJ
GrantedSingle storey rear extension incorporating the replacement of an existing rear window with a new doorway along with the relocation of an existing doorway to…
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93 Higher Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8BQ
GrantedErection of a part two storey part single storey rear extension, and demolition of the existing porch to the side replacing the existing door with a window.
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60 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HA
GrantedSingle storey rear infill extension
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Alderley Farmhouse Alder Lane Crank St Helens WA11 7SH
GrantedChange of use of existing rear barn to form ancillary residential accommodation, erection of a glazed link connecting the barn to the main farmhouse,…
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19 Lords Fold Rainford St Helens WA11 8HP
GrantedDischarge conditions 4 (bat and bird boxes) and 5 (lighting) on approval P/2024/0334/FUL.
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Hill Foot Barn Mill Lane Rainford St Helens WA11 8LN
GrantedDischarge of Condition 6 (Landscaping) on approval P/2025/0380/HHFP.
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4 Heyes Grove Rainford St Helens WA11 8BW
GrantedSingle storey side extension.
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