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All posts tagged "developments"
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Official Ground-breaking Ceremony on Prescot Watch Factory Site
An official ground-breaking ceremony took place at the Prescot Watch Factory yesterday (Wednesday 10 June). The 6.75-acre site, which was also home to Lord Derby’s Pals regiment during WWI, and later Tinling’s printers, is being developed for housing....
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Deadline Looms for Prescot, Whiston Greenbelt Objections
Residents have until this Friday, 15 May, to give Knowsley Council their views on controversial plans to give up greenbelt across the borough for housing developments. The council held a consultation last year, saying government housing targets had forced...
- Posted May 13, 2015
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Prescot Watch Factory Development Begins
Work has begun on the development of the former Prescot Watch Factory. The site, on Albany Road, will house 70 new residential properties, including 54 extra-care apartments in the watch factory building itself. Sixteen extra-care bungalows will be...
- Posted April 10, 2015
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Prescot Greenbelt Campaign Underway
A campaign to save Prescot’s greenbelt from development is underway, with a meeting organised for Wednesday 18 March. The gathering is open to residents of Prescot and other parts of Knowsley affected by plans to remove protection...
- Posted March 5, 2015
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Go-ahead for Home Bargains Prescot Superstore
Home Bargains have received permission to build a store and garden centre on Manchester Road, Prescot. The TJ Morris-owned discount chain, which already has a store in Prescot Shopping Centre, say their plans will save 45 existing jobs,...
- Posted January 6, 2015
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Whiston KFC in the Pipeline for Green Dragon Pub Development
Punch Taverns want to demolish a Whiston pub and replace it with a KFC restaurant, a convenience store and a new home for bookmakers William Hill. The company, which owns the Green Dragon Hotel, opposite Whiston Hospital,...
- Posted November 7, 2014
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Council & Residents in Tense Q&A over Whiston Greenbelt
Over 250 Whiston residents put the pressure on Knowsley Council last Friday over plans to release greenbelt for housing development. At the 24 October meeting at St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning, the borough’s Local Plan...
- Posted October 28, 2014
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Our Patch: Save Whiston’s Greenbelt
I come to my computer with my heart still pounding, struggling to regulate my breath after witnessing an amazing life or death situation happen in our patch. I was walking on the fields behind Foxshaw Close and,...
- Posted October 3, 2014
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Council Plan to Give up Prescot, Whiston Greenbelt
Knowsley Council’s Local Plan will allow residential developments on greenbelt across the borough, including Prescot and Whiston. Among the previously protected land now earmarked for housing are the fields between the Prescot bypass and Whitaker’s Garden Centre, and most of...
- Posted October 1, 2014
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Home Bargains Prescot Set for Move to Bigger Premises
Home Bargains are planning a £5-million move out of Prescot town centre in hopes of building a new, bigger store on the edge of the town. The Liverpool-based company, owned by retail chain TJ Morris, say they...
- Posted February 5, 2014