Brownfield land in St Helens: 130 sites on the register
Part of development land in Merseyside — 798 sites across 6 councils.
St Helens Council has published 130 brownfield sites in St Helens on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 224.1 hectares.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the St Helens register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Cowley Street and Albert Street, Moss Bank, WA10 1TY | 32.06 | — | permissioned |
| Moss Nook Urban Village, Watery Lane, St. Helens, WA9 3EN | 26.74 | — | permissioned |
| Land at Lea Green Colliery and Lowfield Lane Industrial Estate, Thatto Heath, St. Helens, | 11.50 | — | permissioned |
| Penlake Industrial Estate Land At Emr Recycling And Former British Rail Club, Railway Emba | 10.23 | — | permissioned |
| Pilkington (Eccleston Works), Millfields, WA10 5NR | 9.57 | — | permissioned |
| Alexander Park - Former Pilkington HQ, Prescot Road, West Park, St. Helens, WA10 3TP | 9.24 | — | not yet |
| Deacon Trading Estate, Earlestown, WA12 9XD | 9.00 | — | permissioned |
| Ibstocks, Chester Lane, Bold, St. Helens, WA9 4EN | 8.56 | — | permissioned |
Source: St Helens Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. No site in St Helens states a dwelling capacity on the register, so no capacity figure is shown.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the St Helens register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. The council has published no dwelling capacity for St Helens, so the yield here is yours to establish.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register St Helens
- Development land in St Helens
- How much brownfield land is there in St Helens?
- Where can I build houses in St Helens?
- St Helens land availability assessment
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