All posts tagged "developments"

  • Work Starts on New Prescot Police & Fire Station

    Construction is underway on a new joint police and fire station in Prescot. The building, on a vacant site between Manchester Road and Carr Lane, replaces both Prescot Police Station on Derby Street and Whiston Fire Station...

    • Posted March 16, 2017
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  • Halsnead ‘Garden Village’ in Pipeline for Whiston

    Residents are invited to have their say on a housing development in store for the Halsnead Park area of Whiston. The Halsnead development is one of 14 ‘garden villages’ proposed across the country, and the only one...

    • Posted January 30, 2017
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  • Developers Withdraw Prescot Planning Application

    An application for a residential development on part of Prescot’s former greenbelt has been withdrawn. The proposal would have seen 199 houses built on land adjacent to Whitakers Garden Centre on Liverpool Road. Council advised against plans...

    • Posted July 18, 2016
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  • Atherton Street, Prescot, Set for Redevelopment

    Atherton Street in Prescot town centre is due to undergo similar development to that of nearby Leyland Street. Phase One of the development, beginning in April, will see the road surface and pavements redone in natural stone,...

    • Posted February 19, 2016
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  • Knowsley Council Vote to Give Away Greenbelt

    You can now read Knowsley’s newly adopted Local Plan online (PDF) Knowsley Council have voted unanimously to approve the Local Plan, which releases roughly 1,000 acres of the borough’s greenbelt for residential development. Councillors say that government housing...

    • Posted January 8, 2016
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  • Campaigners Urged to Attend Next Knowsley Greenbelt Meeting

    A council meeting to discuss Knowsley’s controversial Local Plan has been reconvened for Wednesday 6 January. Knowsley Council met on Tuesday 16 December to vote on the plan, which would see most of the borough’s greenbelt stripped...

    • Posted December 29, 2015
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  • Demolition of Whiston Library Begins

    The demolition of the former Whiston Library began on Thursday 10 December. Knowsley Council closed the library in 2013, under strain from government cuts to their budget. Volunteers tried to re-open it with help from Hugh Baird...

    • Posted December 10, 2015
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  • Housing Plans for Fields Neighbouring Whitakers, Prescot

    Prescot residents are invited to view plans for a housing development on land belonging to Whitakers Garden Centre. Planners believe about 200 3- or 4-bedroom homes could be built on the site, which sits between the A57 (Prescot...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
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  • Whiston Library Set for October Demolition, Prescot Library Hours Cut

    The former Whiston Library will be demolished in October 2015, Knowsley Council have announced. The library, on Dragon Drive, shut its doors in March 2014. A deal to re-open it with the support of Hugh Baird College...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • Whiston KFC off the Menu

    Plans to build a fast food drive-thru restaurant and near Whiston Hospital have fallen through. Developers wanted to demolish the Green Dragon pub and build a new complex in its place, with a KFC at its heart, alongside...

    • Posted July 9, 2015
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