PLANS have been sent in seeking permission to install solar panels on the roof at St Helens Hospital.

Prior approval for the installation of 524 solar panels to the flat roof at DTC St Helens Hospital, on Marshalls Cross Road.

An application has been sent to council planners by Esos Energy.

A description of the proposed works in the plans states it is for "proposed installation of 524 solar panels to existing flat roof". 

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It adds each panel will be 1,745 x 1,096 x 30mm "Titan's high-performance monocrystalline per module". The panels will be "no higher than one metre above the highest part of the roof and no panels will come within one metre of the external edge of the roof." 

Plans are on standard consultation until Tuesday, April 24 with a decision expected by May 23.