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Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

Granted St. Helens P/2016/0804/FUL Waste Application

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of existing security and administration buildings. Erection of energy recovery facility to produce 15MW of electricity for distribution to Pilkington Greengate and Watson Street works and the National Grid from importation of 150 000 tonnes per annum of refuse derived fuel. Also erection of new administration, security and electrical substation buildings and multi storey car park.

As published by the council, reference P/2016/0804/FUL

Application record

Reference
P/2016/0804/FUL
Type
Waste Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant
Received
7 Nov 2016
Validated
7 Nov 2016
Decided
31 Mar 2017
Ward
Thatto Heath Ward
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
WA9 5DZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the St. Helens register

This site has had 6 applications since 2016: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • P/2024/0459/FUL Granted

    Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    Development of a low carbon hydrogen production facility, substation and associated utility connections

    Decided 6 May 2025 Full applications
  • Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    EIA Screening opinion

    Decided 11 Aug 2023 Outline
  • P/2023/0236/CLP Granted

    Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed erection of an industrial link building to connect 2no on-site buildings.

    Decided 31 May 2023 Lawful development
  • P/2022/0262/CLE Granted

    Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    Certificate of lawfulness to confirm existing implementation of approval P/2018/0675/WEIA for demolition of existing security and administration buildings and erection of an energy recovery facility to produce 30mw of electricity for distribution to Pilkington Greengate and Watson Street works and to National Grid, from the importation of 300,000 tonnes per annum of refuse derived fuel and residual municipal, commercial and industrial waste, also the erection of new security and substation buildings.

    Decided 27 May 2022 Lawful development
  • C/2019/0053/CON Granted

    Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    Discharge of condition 3,4,7,9,10 and 15 on approval P/2018/0675/WEIA.

    Decided 8 Dec 2020 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Nov 2016

    Received by St. Helens

  2. 31 Mar 2017

    Decision issued: Grant

  3. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Sweco UK Limited Agent

7 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

69 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

St. Helens granted permission on 31 March 2017, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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Nearby applications

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  • Pilkington Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    A/2021/0028/NMA Submitted 23 Sep 2021 50 yards away

    Non material amendment to approval P/2018/0675/WEIA to amend the wording of conditions 9, 11 and 13 to exclude the proposed electricity substation from the requirement of the conditions by amending the first line of each condition as to include the following wording; with the exception of demolition, site clearance works and works associated with construction of the electricity substation, no development on the main Energy Recovery.

    Granted Amendments Demolition 5 docs
  • Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    EIA/2023/0004/SCREEN Submitted 26 Jul 2023 50 yards away

    EIA Screening opinion

    Decided Outline 1 doc
  • Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens Merseyside WA9 5DZ

    C/2019/0080/CON Submitted 14 Aug 2019 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 13 on approval P/2018/0675/WEIA.

    Split decision Conditions 31 docs
  • Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    C/2019/0053/CON Submitted 7 Jun 2019 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 3,4,7,9,10 and 15 on approval P/2018/0675/WEIA.

    Granted Conditions 25 docs
  • Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ

    P/2022/0262/CLE Submitted 7 Apr 2022 50 yards away

    Certificate of lawfulness to confirm existing implementation of approval P/2018/0675/WEIA for demolition of existing security and administration buildings and erection of an energy recovery facility to produce 30mw of electricity for distribution to Pilkington Greengate and Watson Street works and to National Grid, from the importation of 300,000 tonnes per annum of refuse derived fuel and residual municipal, commercial and industrial waste, also the erection of new security and substation buildings.

    Granted Lawful development Demolition 8 docs
  • 1 Ravenhead Business Park Ravenhead Road St Helens WA10 3DB

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    Install new non-permanent buildings and associated hard-standing areas for wash, inspection, imaging and storage containers, and a single storey extension to the parts storage on the existing workshop building.

    Granted Full applications Extension 19 docs
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