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The virtual public inquiry over plans to regenerate the former Parkside Colliery site in Newton-le-Willows recently concluded. Proposals to redevelop the former colliery, which was shut in 1993, were originally submitted in January 2018 by Parkside Regeneration LLP, a joint venture between developer Langtree and St Helens Borough Council. It believes that it will provide 1,330 new jobs when fully complete, add more than £80 million a year to the St Helens economy and provide £2.2 million a year in business rates to support local services. However, Dr Kevin McLafferty, who lives clos...

Sci-tech Daresbury SCI-Tech Daresbury has appointed five companies to join its ‘exclusive’ business growth scheme. Potentialisation, Inspirze, SMETER, Circada and Inventia have been chosen to join the Future Club, a programme which will provide technical and business support to the start-ups. Chairman John Downes said: “Our status as a global innovation leader attracts both new and established businesses on an international scale, and collaborative schemes such as the Future Club are crucial in enabling us to provide companies with dynamic networking and funding opportunities. �...

February 03, 2021 at 1:04 pmBy TJL It is true there is widespread support for a rail-based freight interchange, which is regenerative, but the applications on the table are contrary to the local plan as they are entirely road-focused. For 16 days at the Planning Inquiry the local resident opposition group did make a compelling case to the Inspector Dominic Young, as to why Secretary of State Robert Jenrick should refuse the applications due to the extent of Green Belt harm and other material planning considerations. Very special circumstances are disputed. Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester...

By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter The Parkside site THE Parkside regeneration scheme is being tipped to deliver 1,330 new jobs and add more than £80 million a year to the St Helens economy. The regeneration of the former Parkside Colliery in Newton-le-Willows will make a ‘major contribution’ to the Government’s plans to level-up the economies of the north and south, according to the chairman of the company tasked with its delivery. Following the conclusion of the public inquiry into the proposals, John Downes, of Par...

John Downes THE firm aiming to develop the former Parkside site in Newton-le-Willows has secured a major investment. Langtree, which is also behind SciTech Daresbury and developments in neighbouring Warrington, has received the boost. Now PGIM Real Estate has acquired a 25 per cent stake in Langtree, on behalf of an investment strategy, in a multi-million pound deal. John Downes, Langtree’s chief executive and its majority shareholder, was a key figure in the developement of Saints' stadium at Peasley Cross a decade ago. Speaking of the investment, he said: “We are delighted t...