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

20/00494/NMA6Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE WORDING OF PLANNING CONDITION 36 (M62 BOUNDARY TREATMENT DETAILS) PURSUANT TO HYBRID PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE 20/00494/HYB - 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

Submitted
19 February 2026
Ward
Whiston & Cronton
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 63 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Former Site Of Cronton Colliery Cronton Road Halsnead Garden Village Knowsley L35 1QR. Knowsley has handled 1,235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days 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.

Application details

Postcode
L35 1QR
Parish
Whiston Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Clare Appleyard

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 2: Medium 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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