HERE is a look at four planning applications the Star has reported on in the past month.

Care leavers apartments

St Helens Star:

Plans have been drawn up to convert office facilities into supported accommodation for care leavers.

Proposals for the change of use of the units in Millersdale, Clock Face, including a single-storey rear extension have been submitted by Torus Housing.

The site is located on Millersdale, off Lindale Drive and plans say "the existing buildings are/have been let out to several tenants for a mix of uses".

See more here.

Homes at Greenalls site

St Helens Star:

Follow-up plans setting out details of the homes to be built on part of the site of a social club have been submitted. 

The Star reported in 2020 when the planning committee approved proposals to redevelop Greenalls Social Club in Eccleston in a bid to save its long-term future.

Two reserved matters applications have been sent in to the council in relation to the 13 homes to be built at the site.

Approval is being sought in relation to the appearance, landscaping and scale of the developments.

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Homes off Elton Head Road

St Helens Star:

Plans have been drawn up seeking permission to build more than 100 homes on green belt land.

An outline planning application for up to 109 residential units on land off Elton Head Road has been sent in to St Helens Council.

The proposals have been drawn up by planners and architects Cassidy + Ashton, on behalf of applicants The Jones Partnership.

Read more here.

Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel

St Helens Star:

Plans have been drawn up to convert a historic chapel into a coffee house.

Proposals for the Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel, on the corner of Lancots Lane, have been sent in to the council.

Applicant Heather Sheikhlou has submitted the plans, which also include for a self-contained residential flat to the rear and creation of a porch.

Internal refurbishments will be done to convert the main hall into a coffee shop.

Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel, which is more than 175 years old, is believed to be the third oldest listed building in St Helens and, uniquely, was partly built using industrial waste.

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