New housing in St Helens Council
We don't read St Helens Council's planning register yet, so reports on fields here rely on national data: Green Belt, flood zones, protected land, farmland quality and how close a field is to a town or village.
It delivered 118% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
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Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 118% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 21
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | Land At Weathercock Hill Farm Garswood Road Ashton In Makerfield St Helens WN4 0XH Erection of 199 Dwellings (PRE-APP) A/24/96839/NLA | Decided | 19 Feb 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.