TWO planning applications outlining details of the Florida Farm North development will be decided on Tuesday.

The hybrid planning application, which sought permission to build two distribution and industrial warehouses on green belt land in Haydock, was approved by St Helens Council’s planning committee in January 2017.

Hybrid applications are where certain matters contained within a single application are given full planning permission and others outline.

The council’s planning committee granted full planning permission for the provision of a new access to the A580 East Lancashire Road and internal site access roads.

Outline planning permission was granted for the erection of two commercial/industrial buildings, providing up to 135,000 square metres of employment floorspace.

In July, developers Bericote Properties, submitted two reserved matters applications for each of the two proposed units on land north of East Lancashire Road, Florida Farm, Slag Lane, Haydock.

Proposals for 'Unit 1' state it will be a "34,114m sq commercial/industrial building" with "ancillary office and welfare hubs and the provision of associated infrastructure including roads, parking, footpaths, internal landscaping, noise mitigation measures and sustainable urban drainage systems".

Meanwhile, 'Unit 2' is proposed as a 48,634m sq commercial/industrial building.

It is described as "a speculative unit which has been designed to suit large, blue chip domestic or international logistics operators".

The planning officer’s report says during the course of the application changes were made to the appearance of the proposed development and the notification letters were sent out to those originally notified and those who had made representations, making them aware of the changes.

The report says a total of 45 independent material objections were received regarding the two units.

Objections ranged from the appearance and visual amenity, noise, light pollution to the size and scale of the units.

The original application was met with heavy opposition, with around 2,000 letters of objection submitted.

Plans to halt the £150 million industrial project via a public inquiry was also unsuccessful.

The scheme will be called the M6Major.com development.

Council officers have recommended that the planning committee approve both of the reserved matters applications, subject to numerous conditions.