Parkside inquiry shifts attention to £40m link road scheme PART two of a public inquiry into plans to regenerate Parkside in Newton-le-Willows has begun, with attention shifting to the £40 million link road scheme. Proposals to redevelop the former colliery were originally submitted in January 2018 by Parkside Regeneration LLP, a joint venture between commercial developers Langtree and St Helens Borough Council. In December 2019, St Helens Council’s planning committee granted outline planning permission for the first phase of the site’s development, which would see it transformed into a major logistics hub. Full planning permission was granted at the same meeting to build a single carriageway road built from the former colliery to Winwick Lane, adjacent to Junction 22 of the M6 motorway, by-passing congestion at Winwick.