St Helens approves 69 Morris homes
A seven-acre triangular slice of brownfield land between St Helens and Sutton can be developed into a mix of two-, three-, and four-bed homes.
Morris Homes’ application for 69 homes off Monastery Lane were lodged last year and were discussed by St Helens Council’s planning committee last week.
Members voted to approve the application, featuring both semi-detached and detached homes, in line with officer recommendations.
There would be 31 two-bed homes, 27 with three bedrooms, and 11 with four.
The slice of land is sandwiched between two residential areas, and its development will connect Sutton and St Helens with walkways and active travel routes.
Parking is expected to be offered to 169 vehicles.
Previous planning permissions established the principle of residential development on the plot.
The plot benefited from a previous planning approval for residential development, but applications have since lapsed.
In 2022, plans to build 94 homes were rejected, with St Helens Council citing a lack of information, poor quality design, and an incomplete access strategy as reasons for refusal.
On the project team are Savills, United Environmental Services, Logika Group, Townsend Water Engineering, Mode Transport, Ascerta, Hepworth Acoustics, and Barnes Walker.
Those interested in the planning documents can view the application using the reference number P/2025/0263/FUL on St Helens Council’s planning portal.
More congestion on Monastery Lane. It’s enough when it’s school drop offs and pick ups. Traffic backed up along the road. This will cause chaos with all the building work going on, and also when the development is complete. Not to mention loss of habitat for all the wildlife which resides in the woods. As a resident of Iona Gardens, I’m dreading it. There won’t be a green space left in St. Helens at this rate
By Anonymous
It’s the only little piece of green land that I can walk my dog as I can’t go far.
Having lived around here for years I’m so disappointed but I suppose it’s benefits to families with money or credit to buy these houses are more important than us residents in the local streets that have lived here for years and who will be upturned by the inconvenience of building them and the effects after they’re built, but who are we?
By Timothy
Another cluster of houses.169 cars. What dr and dentist will these people go to.
By Anonymous