St Helens approves mega 445-home scheme
Haydock’s Florida Farm will host the residential scheme on 46 acres of greenfield, directly south of East Lancashire Road after plans from Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes were given the go-ahead by the council.
The housebuilders have proposed 18 one-, 95 two-, 180 three-, and 152 four-bed houses in St Helens, 70% of which are to be sold at market rate.
The land in question was previously Green Belt before being allocated for residential development, with a notional capacity of 522 properties.
Of the 445 homes, 134 are to be designated as affordable.
WSP is the planning advisor on the scheme.
The scheme provides two areas with play equipment, and 14 open space parcels in a mixture of linear parks, pocket parks, and woodland pathways, totalling more than eight acres.
The development will be split across two wings, with two access points planned, one from the East Lancashire Road side and one from Vicarage Road, to the south of the site.
A central road will join the two entrance points, and the scheme’s two wings will be separated by a landscaped green space around Clipsley Brook.
To the west of Clipsley Brook is the David Wilson Homes portion of the site and to the east up to the western boundary of Slag Lane is the Barratts Homes portion of the site.
Two different ranges of house types will be provided. Urban designer Escape Urbanists is working with the developers on the project as well as landscape architect PGLA.
The land in question was previously Green Belt before being allocated for residential development. Credit: planning documents
The project team includes JBA Consulting, TEP, Environmental Economics, Waterco, and Air & Acoustic Consultants.
A Section 106 that requires the developers to contribute more than £3.6m towards local education, health, sports facilities, and sustainable travel has also been agreed.
To view the application, use the planning reference number P/2023/0512/FUL in St Helens Council’s planning portal.
about time.
locals looking for bigger homes can finally stay local.
By Asprin Going
Shocker!
By Anonymous
Well done also to the Pell Frischmann team who provided highways and transport support to this brilliant scheme.
By Andy Oates (Pell Frischmann)
I think this is ridiculous ! Too many houses not enough doctors or schools and the traffic will be constant ! Terrible idea !
By Anonymous
Imagine the disruption to traffic on east lancs rd ,which is already a nightmare , that this will make worse !
By Anonymous
Where does ‘too many houses’ person expect people to live? Let me guess.. somewhere else!
By Anonymous
Good news, keeping local people in the area with a wider range of housing is important- the complaining about schools and doctors etc need to calm down and realise that these services can be paid for by the local council taxes and private insurance
By Stuart
Roads are already gridlocked in Haydock. East lancs and through village. More houses more traffic! St Helens has not got more people than in previous years so why this many more houses? Is it for the influx from down south?
By Anonymous
Great news for Haydock
Now I can get affordable home
By Darren Lee Nuttall
I wonder what the word ‘affordable’ really means ? Say 5x the average wage like it used to? Ha ha not a chance…not even close . And to think some people actually continue to believe this game.
By Anonymous