Planning application
Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ
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
- 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 5 applications since 2016: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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EIA/2023/0004/SCREEN Decided
Greengate Works Sherdley Road St Helens WA9 5DZ
EIA Screening opinion
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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.
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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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Nov 2016
Received by St. Helens
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31 Mar 2017
Decision issued: Grant
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24 Aug 2026
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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.
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