PROPOSALS have been drawn up to create 40 homes on derelict land which been plagued by fly-tipping.

Torus have submitted plans to St Helens Council for the site on Somerset Street, Parr.

Proposals seek permission for 38 houses and two bungalows to be built.

A design and access statement, drawn up by architects Halsall Lloyd Partnerhsip, says: “The application site Somerset Street is a greenfield site located in the Parr area of St Helens and comprises of two rows of cleared land on either side of Somerset Street”.

It adds that although a greenfield site, “the land was previously developed with housing up until the 1950s when they were demolished”.

The site has “since become overgrown and any fixed structures have been demolished and has remained derelict for over 10 years”.

St Helens Star: The proposed site Pic: Halsall Lloyd Partnership (St Helens Council Planning Portal)The proposed site Pic: Halsall Lloyd Partnership (St Helens Council Planning Portal) (Image: Halsall Lloyd Partnership (St Helens Council Planning Portal))

Plans add: “Due to the site’s location hidden from the main estate access coupled with the derelict condition the site is in a poor environmental state and is causing some significant management issues due to the level of fly-tipping that is being experienced”.

It is claimed the proposed development “will connect the site back to the rest of the community and within the existing estate” and also “alleviate and provide a permanent solution to any environmental and health and safety concerns as a result of the fly-tipping”.

In total the plans consist of 22 two-bedroom (four-person) houses; 16 three-bedroom (five-person) houses and two two-bedroom (three-person) bungalows.

It is said the new houses “will be predominantly red multi-brick with tile pitched roofs and UPVC framed windows”.

St Helens Star: A CGI of proposals Pic: Halsall Lloyd Partnership (St Helens Council Planning Portal)A CGI of proposals Pic: Halsall Lloyd Partnership (St Helens Council Planning Portal) (Image: Halsall Lloyd Partnership (St Helens Council Planning Portal))

All properties have been designed with two parking spaces each.

A planning statement concludes: “The scheme is a wholly affordable housing scheme in a highly sustainable location within an established residential area and will make effective and efficient use of land which has previously been developed”.

Standard consultation of plans to the public lasts until Tuesday, August 23.

A determination deadline has been set for October 27 this year.