Land North East Of M6 J23 Haydock Point St Helens Data via plota.co.uk

P/2026/0542/OUP - Full Planning Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Outline planning application, with all matters reserved except for access from the A580 and A49, for the development of employment floorspace for manufacturing and distribution uses with ancillary offices (Use Classes B2 and B8), together with food and drink uses (Use Class E(b) and sui generis drive-through), leisure/health and fitness uses (Use Classes E(d) and F2(c)), crèche use (Use Class E(f)), a sustainable/alternative fuel hub for HGVs with associated welfare facilities, car and HGV parking, landscaping, site profiling, and associated highways, drainage and utilities infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Oct 2026
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Validated
16 Oct 2026
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Consultation
22 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Feb 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 11 Dec 2026, from St Helens's recent commercial premises.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Documents 49

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Site constraints 4

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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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 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
Received
2 Oct 2026
Validated
16 Oct 2026
Ward
Haydock Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
5 Feb 2027
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 13 of the 56-day target. St Helens usually decides commercial premises by day 56.

Day 1343 days to the 56-day target
62%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
58decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Oct 2026
Comments by
12 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
5 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Feb 2027
Env. assessment
Yes
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