Peel tables plan for £161m scheme at Haydock

Peel Logistics has submitted an outline planning application for a £161m site in Haydock, Merseyside.

The 1.8 million sq ft Haydock Point scheme will be on agricultural land near Junction 23 of the M6, near Haydock Industrial Estate and Haydock Park Raceourse, if it gets the go-ahead.

The submission of the plans to St Helens Council comes in the wake of a 25-day consultation on the Haydock Point project which took plae between November 29 and December 23 last year, with 151 individuals or organisations providing feedback.

And it comes just weeks after it was decided the controversial £150m proposed development by Bericote on green belt land at Florida Farm North, Haydock would not be called in for a public inquiry by the Government.

Haydock Point represents a potential investment of approximately £161m and would generate around 2,500 full-time jobs, says Peel.

Access would be created via a new junction on the A580, with new pedestrian and cycling routes also being planned.

According to Peel, ecological features and habitats will be retained as far as possible and visual impact, air quality and noise impact assessments have been carried out.

Neil Dickinson, chief operating officer at Peel Logistics Property, said: “Haydock Point is an oven-ready site for large scale occupiers.

“The location of the site at Junction 23, close to markets and with available labour, provides the perfect conditions for a premium logistics and industrial park.”

A decision is anticipated on the outline planning application by July 2017.