Cafe plans for former service station site

9:02am Tuesday 19th February 2013 in News

PLANS to create a traditional cafe with a 26-space car park have been drawn up for the site of a former service station.

The development site off Park Road, St Helens which is now a vacant area of land, is close to the junction with Mulcrow Close.

A planning application has been submitted to St Helens Council.

Comments(19)

retro 1 says...
9:31am Tue 19 Feb 13

do we actually need another eating place in st helens ?... why not build something we do need ,is a cafe going to actually work? as it stands at the moment nobody has any money because our goverment has robbed the money that we did have

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itme says...
9:44am Tue 19 Feb 13

There was no money left to rob after 13 years of labour mismanagement .

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smith&weston says...
10:41am Tue 19 Feb 13

Town full of obese people... build a cafe
.The site must be at least a 3 mile drive from the nearest Starbucks and two miles from the nearest McDonalds so I suggest we plump for one of those.

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Bill Bradbury says...
5:11pm Tue 19 Feb 13

Pittbull who is bazza forger?

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keepitreel says...
7:20pm Tue 19 Feb 13

so translate "traditional cafe" to a greasy spoon and lets build it on the most congested bit of road at peak times in ST HELENS,do we need another food outlet in the middle of nowhere,who is it aimed at,and before the usual suspects come on about jobs etc it will be run by a family and wages will not exist.

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frankly says...
7:35pm Tue 19 Feb 13

agree

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rastamouse2 says...
9:43pm Tue 19 Feb 13

from a positive point of thinking, it would be nice to be able to pull in without worrying about parking, to have ones lunch without the risk of being fined as there is not much free parking in st Helens and where there is any parking available there are no spaces to be found .. anyway whats wrong with a good old English café!

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driverdan says...
9:49pm Tue 19 Feb 13

How negative can we be ?How do we know this is going to be a "greasy spoon"establishment?
How do we know it isnt going to create jobs?.If there is gonna be car parking for 20 plus cars it wont affect how busy the road is.We should be encouraging people to develop unused sights and get more business's working for the community and creating jobs.

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driverdan says...
9:55pm Tue 19 Feb 13

I am a professional driver and i am aware of the lack of decent eating establishments in with off road parking.This seems like a good idea to me.

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rastamouse2 says...
9:58pm Tue 19 Feb 13

I agree, I say support the local businesses!!!

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keepitreel says...
11:44pm Tue 19 Feb 13

driverdan,so you think the middle of PARK RD is some oasis of calm to enjoy a little light lunch and there are plenty of places to park for free and enjoy some lunch already,as for your comment regarding the traffic,this strech of road is nose to tail from the EAST LANCS to the TOWN CENTRE from 8-9 every morning and from 4-6 each evening and extremly busy in the hours inbetween so getting out of the cafe is going to be a nightmare,as for not being a greasy spoon,what is your idea of a traditional cafe,white table cloths and cut glass decanters with silver service,i bet it will be a transport cafe run by a family and no jobs created as they will use family members for pin money,if i am wrong i will glady pay £20 to a charity.

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Sankey says...
9:13am Wed 20 Feb 13

But it's creating work for that family ? I don't see the problem.

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jumper says...
9:53am Wed 20 Feb 13

What is so funny about the 13 yrs of labour was the previous 18yrs of Thatcherism the hole and despair that that caused is still being felt and will never be filled in.

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rastamouse2 says...
1:47pm Wed 20 Feb 13

Sankey I agree!!

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jumper says...
8:41pm Wed 20 Feb 13

Might be a good place to have a cuppa and expand the way to help the town.

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Andywestern says...
1:29pm Thu 21 Feb 13

It's about time the land was used for something as its an eyesore,better a traditional cafe than a McDonalds or the like.

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jumper says...
4:36pm Thu 21 Feb 13

What is going to happen with the old red square?

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WolfieSmith says...
8:15am Fri 22 Feb 13

jumper wrote:
What is so funny about the 13 yrs of labour was the previous 18yrs of Thatcherism the hole and despair that that caused is still being felt and will never be filled in.
31 years under the Tories eh? The British, taxpaying,working man and woman ripped off to the full with no political party to defend or support them.

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jumper says...
9:52pm Fri 22 Feb 13

Bit unsure about the 31.nail on the head with the rest

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