Serious doubts over Parkside jobs projections
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...