Taylor Wimpey gets all-clear for 514 St Helens homes
A new neighbourhood is set to be built on nearly 50 acres of greenfield land off Gartons Lane after councillors voted to approve the project at the local authority’s planning committee meeting on Tuesday. The decision was in line with planning officer recommendation.
Taylor Wimpey’s application calls for the building of 44 one-bedroom, 103 two-bedroom, 266 three-bedroom, and 101 four-bedroom houses in St Helens. Of the 514 total homes, 155 are set to be affordable – whether that’s through low-cost ownership or affordable rents.
The housebuilder has stated that the homes will be built to be energy efficient by having triple glazing and solar panels on their roofs. The houses will also have electric vehicle charging capabilities.
Carrying on with the green theme, landscape designs by Randall Thorp include the planting of 680 trees and the creation of 7.5 acres of open space.
Access to the project will come from Gartons Lane and Jubits Lane.
A Taylor Wimpey spokesperson said the housebuilder was “grateful” for the councillors’ thorough consideration of the project.
“The development will bring a mix of well-designed, energy-efficient new homes to the St Helens market, along with large areas of open space that connect into the neighbouring area,” they said.
As part of the planning approval, Taylor Wimpey has agreed to contribute more than £2m to community projects and infrastructure. This includes using funds to support the local health centre, nearby schools, and bus stops.
In addition to Randall Thorp, the project team includes planner Lichfields and architect Astle Planning & Design. Terra Consult, Urban Green, ERAP, Curtins, Coopers, Award Energy, and RPS round out the consultants working on the scheme.
Learn more about the application by searching reference number P/2023/0075/FUL on St Helens planning portal.
Great stuff, 514 accessible, sustainable, affordable homes
By Gilly
Not bad for Taylor Wimpey’s standards but probably anti-Tardises.
By Rye&Eggs
Agree, not bad for new builds.
By Craig
St Helens is finally getting back into gear after vetoing some big schemes at Haydock Point and the old Eccleston Park golf course.
By DenseCity
Nimbys in St Helens won’t like this as it’s genuine brownfield land that they say never gets built on. We do need our infrastructure massively improving though. Public transport is nowhere near good enough with only one or two trains per hour at nearby stations, and an inadequate bus service in Jubits Lane that doesn’t connect to many parts of the town
By Anonymous
Good idea , hopefully the affordable housing section is considered carefully as in some cases as with the houses in Sutton manor a few individuals have council funded houses on the same site where 230k houses was purchased and it isn’t the best , bare in mind no one is perfect, but if you understand you will know what I mean , more house is certainly good news , j
By David brown
Disgusting all these new expensive houses and no new schools, GPs etc. The one small A&E in this area at Whiston is always packed with a 10-11 hour wait!!! You can’t just keep building houses and downgrading facilities!!! St Helens is becoming a massive housing estate with no facilities or green space. Horrific planning
By Anonymous
What a joke. Most of these homes will go to people priced out of Liverpool and Manchester, hence the Lea Green works.
The local GP surgery has been in special needs for over 3 years. Local schools full due to recent arrivals.
This was a fully functioning farming field for decades so the owner has made a fortune.
All the traffic will exit onto Jubits lane..a single lane B road that backs onto a local park.
The houses won’t be cheap as they all needed to built to net zero standards
This will not help local people.
The council do not care.
By SaynotoLibour
We don’t need more houses we need more jobs in the town St Helens is becoming a ghost town the town centre is full of second hand shops no one is bothered about the town no one is going to be able to buy a house with no jobs the council wants to get there heads out of the sand and look around them
By Colin cotham
£2m seems substantial but will it buy new doctors, schools and contribute to the only A&E in the srea that is vastly over subscribed with a standard 11 hour waiting time?! No? I seriously doubt it. INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST!
By Sue Butterworth