Rainford Cricket Club Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD Data via plota.co.uk

P/2026/0546/FUL - Full Planning Application Awaiting decision
Schools, care & community

Proposal

Erection of two cricket practice nets at site. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Oct 2026
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Validated
19 Oct 2026
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Consultation
21 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Dec 2026 and 25 Dec 2026, from St Helens's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 26 Nov 2026

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Documents 7

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN STATEMENT Other · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONS AA & BB Other Plan · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONS CC & DD Other Plan · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN Other · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF NOTICE 1 FORM Other · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath 18 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence 17 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood).
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
St Helens
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
WA11 8HD
Received
6 Oct 2026
Validated
19 Oct 2026
Ward
Rainford Ward
Parish
Rainford Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. St Helens usually decides full applications by day 56.

Day 947 days to the 56-day target
53%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by St Helens in the last twelve months, from validation. St Helens decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15275335
Planning Portal ref
PP-15275335
Consultation
21 Oct 2026
Comments by
26 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
5 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
41 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD
Erection of single storey side extension following the removal of existing orangery. Sing…
P/2025/0508/HHFP
2025
41 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD
T3 Beech - Crown thin by 15% and remove deadwood to gain more light to the garden
P/2025/0458/TPO
2025
41 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD
Works to trees in a Conservation Area to fell 2no Horse Chestnut trees along with crown l…
P/2025/0059/COT
2024 Approved
41 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD
Works to various trees in the conservation area.
P/2024/0460/COT
2023 Approved
The Kenneth Macrae Medical Centre 32 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HJ
Discharge of conditions 4 (construction method statement), 5 (cycle parking), 10 (bird bo…
C/2023/0125/CON
2023 Approved
The Kenneth Macrae Medical Centre 32 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HJ
Non-material amendment to application P/2023/0103/FUL, regarding alterations to external…
A/2023/0036/NMA
2023 Approved
The Kenneth Macrae Medical Centre 32 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HJ
Single storey side and rear wraparound extension, with external alterations.
P/2023/0103/FUL
2019 Approved
2 Mossborough Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8QN
Demolition of existing detached garage and the erection of a single storey side and rear…
P/2019/0357/HHFP
2018 Approved
Rainford Guide Hall Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD
Works to trees in a conservation area to reduce canopy and remove branches to 1no silver…
P/2018/0109/COT
2016 Approved
Rainford Village Hall Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HB
Works to trees in a conservation area to remove 1no picea abies.
P/2016/0450/COT
2016 Approved
Land To Front Of 38 Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HD
Works to trees in a conservation area.
P/2016/0338/COT
2016 Approved
Rainford Village Hall Church Road Rainford St Helens WA11 8HB
Erection of a war memorial on the grounds to the front of Rainford Village Hall.
P/2016/0137/FUL
St Helens
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#22 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

St Helens is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #38 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
St Helens decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #28 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #43 of 296
80%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #38 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #81 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
20 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
46 decided
499
Total decisions
26 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings