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Former Site Of Cronton Colliery Cronton Road Halsnead Garden Village Knowsley L35 1QR

20/00494/NMA5Non Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT FOLLOWING GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION 20/00494/HYB (HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 161,900 SQ FT (15,041 SQ M) (GIA) OF STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FLOORSPACE (USE CLASS B8), INCLUDING ANCILLARY OFFICES (USE CLASS B1), SECURITY GATEHOUSE, SITE ACCESS ROAD, ENGINEERING EARTHWORKS TO FORM A PART COUNTRY PARK, PUBLIC CAR PARK TO SERVE COUNTRY PARK, AND ASSOCIATED WORKS; AND OUTLINE APPLICATION WITH DETAILS OF POINT OF ACCESS (DETAILS OF PART-ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, APPEARANCE, SCALE AND LAYOUT ARE RESERVED) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 838,100 SQ FT (77,862 SQ M) (GIA) OF STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FLOORSPACE (USE CLASS B8), WITH ANCILLARY OFFICES AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (USE CLASS B1); ENGINEERING EARTHWORKS TO FORM COUNTRY PARK AND DRAINAGE ATTENUATION PONDS; PEDESTRIAN/CYCLE/EQUESTRIAN ROUTE CONNECTING EXISTING M62 FOOTBRIDGE WITH PROPOSED COUNTRY PARK; AND ASSOCIATED WORKS) - AMENDMENT SOUGHT TO UPDATE THE ACCESS DRAWING LISTED UNDER CONDITION 12 OF APPLICATION 20/00494/HYB

Received
10 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Whiston & Cronton
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Site Of Cronton Colliery Cronton Road Halsnead Garden Village Knowsley L35 1QR. Knowsley has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Whiston & Cronton. We hold 1,083 applications in total for the L35 postcode area.

93% of amendment applications at Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
L35 1QR
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whiston Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025
Target decision date
7 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Newmark
Agent address
1 Marsden Street M2 1HW Manchester M2 1HW

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephen Gill
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Knowsley

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