Land Between Penny Lane & M6 Motorway Penny Lane Haydock St Helens Data via plota.co.uk

P/2025/0457/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Removal of all existing structures and the erection of Use Class B2 (general industry) building with ancillary office /research and development floorspace, with associated sub-station, hardstanding and servicing areas, parking areas, hard and soft landscaping, and a new access onto Penny Lane. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 16 Oct 2026, 18:44

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Application progress

✓

Received

5 Aug 2025

✓

Consultation

19 Nov 2025

✓

Approved

23 Dec 2025

Approved on 23 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 145

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 44

Plans & drawings 40

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 37

Site constraints 4

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; Air quality management area 82 m away: M6 AQMA No.1.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 16 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: 5 Aug 2025
Validated: 5 Aug 2025
Ward: Haydock Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Dec 2025
Decision: Grant
Decision date: 23 Dec 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Roman Summer Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 140 days from validation, 84 days slower than St Helens's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

This one140d

Council56d

UK56d

53%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

5%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14117648
Planning Portal ref: PP-14117648
Neighbours: 12 Aug 2025
Consultation: 19 Nov 2025
Comments by: 10 Dec 2025
Site or press notice: 21 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry: 4 Nov 2025
Env. assessment: No

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

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 145

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 44

Plans & drawings 40

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 37

Other documents 21

Site constraints 4

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