HERE is a look at six planning stories we have covered during October.
Medical glassware factory
PLANS were submitted seeking permission to use an industrial building for the production of glassware for the health industry.
A planning application has been submitted to change the use of the former J K Philips Group building on land near to Saints' stadium and the recently-constructed Glass Futures.
It is proposed that a new occupier will take over the building, ‘SINA Medical Glass’, who will manufacture and supply medical glassware such as vials and test tubes to the UK healthcare industry.
The plans state the proposals will help "re-establish St Helens as a globally renowned centre for glass production" and are in "wider keeping" with the area, which includes the pioneering Glass Futures research facility.
Read the full story here.
North Road former corner shop
PLANS seeking permission to turn an empty corner shop building into a house of multiple occupation (HMO) were granted approval.
A planning application for a change of use of the former North Road Mart premises into a nine-bedroom HMO and external alterations had been sent to the council earlier this year.
Planning permission for apartments at the building has previously been granted, however, the new application for a HMO was drawn up.
Approval for the plans was granted.
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Former British Sidac site
PLANS to build two industrial units on vacant land were sent to the council for consideration.
Proposals seeking full planning permission for the construction of two industrial units for flexible use, with ancillary offices, car parking, infrastructure, landscaping and associated works at the former British Sidac site, on land north of Robins Lane, Sutton, have been drawn up.
One of the proposed units will have a total floor space of 20,000 sqft and the other 12,000 sqft.
Plans said the site was occupied by British Sidac from the 1930s to the 1980s, after which the site was acquired by St Helens Council and all previous structures demolished in the 1990s.
A determination deadline on the plans has been set for January 1, 2024.
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Former Bargain Buys
PLANS seeking permission to use a prominent empty retail warehouse as a car showroom were submitted.
Proposals to change the use of the empty former Bargain Buys, on Lowe Street, St Helens, into a Kia dealership have been drawn up.
Plans include for ancillary valeting and MOT workshop, along with associated external alterations.
The application states the proposed dealership would create 15 full-time jobs and five part-time.
The planning application is on standard consultation to the public until Monday, November 6. A decision by council planners is expected by December 7.
Read the full story here.
New homeless accommodation building
Plans were sent in to create a new building to provide accommodation for homeless people at a Salvation Army facility.
Proposals have been sent to the council seeking permission for a new modular building at the Salisbury House premises on Phoenix Brow, St Helens.
The plans are for a prefabricated modular unit, approx. 23m² in size at the site.
Plans said: "The NAPpad will also help the local authority to meet the housing needs of people who are sleeping rough in the borough – or people for whom the existing homelessness provision does not work. This is in line with the strategic aims of the local authority."
A standard consultation of the plans to the public lasts until Thursday, November 2. A decision on the application by council planners is expected by December 5.
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Former Thatto Heath police station
A PLANNING application has been drawn up seeking permission to use the site of a former police station as a public open space.
Countryside Partnerships has sent in proposals to St Helens Council for the former Thatto Heath Police Station site.
The application has been submitted in conjunction with a previous one for the demolition of the empty police station building.
Plans stated: "The use of this site as public open space also offers an opportunity to open up, enhance and soften the access to the approved area of open space.
"This will create a more inviting and coherent area of public open space to the benefit of existing and future residents”.
The application is on standard consultation to the public until Thursday, November 2. A decision on the plans is expected by December 4.
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