The St Helens Borough Council
St Helens Town Centre Compulsory Purchase Order 2022
The Town and Country Planning Act 1990
The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 Compulsory Purchase of Land in St Helens
1. Notice is hereby given that St Helens Borough Council made on 9th December 2022 The St Helens Borough Council (St Helens Town Centre) Compulsory Purchase Order 2022 under Section 226(1) (a) (as amended) of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990. It is about to submit this order to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for confirmation, and if confirmed, the order will authorise St Helens Borough Council to purchase compulsorily the land described below for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of development, redevelopment or improvement on or in relation to such land to enable the delivery of a comprehensive mixed-use development comprising residential units; commercial, retail and food and drink uses; an improved bus station, and community and learning uses, together with associated access and infrastructure, servicing, parking, public realm and landscaping.
2. A copy of the order and of the map referred to therein have been deposited at St Helens Town Hall, Main Reception, Victoria Square, Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens WA10 1HP, Tel: 01744 676 789 during the following hours: 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
3. Electronic copies of the order, the order map and the Statement of Reasons can be viewed online at: www.sthelens.gov.uk/CPO.
4. Any objection to the order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in writing to: Planning Casework Unit, 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham B2 4BH before 13th January 2023 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection, the objector's address and interests in the land.
Description of Land
LAND TO BE ACQUIRED
3.36 ha (8.32 acres) of land incorporating part of St Helens Town Centre including sections of Corporation Street, Bickerstaffe Street, Hall Street and Church Street and comprising -
Land and Premises at -
Scrubland situated to the south of 39 Hall Street, St Helens; shop and premises (39 Hall Street), St Helens; Public house and premises (41 Hall Street and 1 Corporation Street), St Helens; Building and premises (St Helens Bus Station), St Helens; Shop and premises situated to the east of 60 Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens; Shop and premises (41-43 Corporation Street), St Helens; Shops and premises (60 Bickerstaffe Street), St Helens; Shops and premises (62 Bickerstaffe Street), St Helens; Shops and premises (64-66 Bickerstaffe Street), St Helens; Shops and premises (68 Bickerstaffe Street), St Helens; Shops and premises (70-74 Bickerstaffe Street), St Helens; Hardstanding and premises (The Gamble Building) situated to the east of The Gamble Building, St Helens; Hardstanding and premises (The Hardshaw Centre) situated to the south west of the Millennium Centre, St Helens; Building and premises (8, 8a, 9, 9a, 10 and 11 Hardshaw Centre) situated to the south west of St Helens Bus Station, St Helens; Building and premises (55, 57, 59 and 61 Bickerstaffe Street) situated to the south west of St Helens Bus Station, St Helens; Building and premises (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21 and 22 Hardshaw Centre) situated to the south west of St Helens Bus Station, St Helens; Building and premises (19 Hardshaw Centre) and car park situated to the south west of St Helens Bus Station, St Helens; Building and premises (2, 3, 3a, 4 and 5 Hardshaw Centre) situated to the south west of St Helens Bus Station, St Helens; Building and premises (Hardshaw Centre) and building and premises (51 Church Street) situated to the south west of St Helens Bus Station, St Helens; Shop and premises (53 Church Street), St Helens; Shop and premises (55-69 Church Street), St Helens; Shop and premises (71 Church Street), St Helens.
Highways and Ways at -
Corporation Street situated to the south of Holy Cross RC Church, St Helens; Hall Street situated to the west of the Millennium Centre, St Helens; footpath situated to the south of 39 Hall Street, St Helens; Library Street situated to the east of The Gamble Building, St Helens; Bickerstaffe Street situated to the south of St Helens Bus Station, Corporation Street, St Helens; Claughton Street situated to the south of Century House, St Helens; Church Street situated to the north of St Helens Parish Church, Church Street, St Helens.
Dated this 15th day of December 2022
Signed: Cath Fogarty
Executive Director Corporate Services St Helens Borough Council