Statement of Community Involvement and how to get involved

Statement of Community Involvement

We adopted a revised Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) in 2025. The revisions were necessary due to changes introduced by the Town & Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

The SCI (2025) sets out our policy for the involvement of the local community in:

• the preparation of the Local Development Framework; and
• the determination of planning applications.

Download a copy of the Revised SCI (2025) (PDF, 6 MB) 

How to get involved

To facilitate community involvement in the preparation of the Local Plan, a consultation database has been compiled. This is used to invite individuals or organisations to participate in the development of St Helens' Local Plan.

If you wish to participate or would like to be informed of the Local Plan process, please provide us with your details by email at planningpolicy@sthelens.gov.uk.

The information provided will be held in the database and processed in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and in line with our Information and Records Management Policy. For more information on what we do and, on your rights, please read our privacy notice and the council's generic data protection webpage.

For information on the latest consultations, see the Consultations and Latest News webpage.