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10<br />
Draft Plans Approved<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Borough<br />
Council has approved<br />
draft plans for the<br />
transformation of <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Helens</strong> town centre and<br />
Earlestown.<br />
An initial Phase 1<br />
planning application<br />
for the town centre<br />
is anticipated to be<br />
submitted early in<br />
2022 and will see<br />
a new mixed-use<br />
development including a new market, a hotel, a cutting<br />
edge office space, a redesigned bus station and improved<br />
connectivity. These changes are expected to be delivered<br />
in the first five years of the programme. It also includes<br />
space for new high-quality homes for families to live and<br />
grow.<br />
The longer-term proposals for <strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> town centre,<br />
expected to span the next 20 years, divides the town<br />
centre into four zones. These zones are; the Central Retail<br />
Zone; the Civic and Heritage Zone; the Discovery Zone;<br />
and the Education and Entertainment Zone.<br />
In Earlestown, the vision is to bring the town centre back<br />
to its former glory as an historic market town by creating<br />
a thriving and vibrant high street and marketplace.<br />
Both town centres are the subject of separate draft<br />
Masterplan Development Frameworks, and these have<br />
been prepared by<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Borough<br />
Council in partnership<br />
with regeneration<br />
experts, the English<br />
Cities Fund (ECF).<br />
Councillor David<br />
Baines, Leader of<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Borough<br />
Council, said: “These<br />
plans will make our<br />
town centres child and<br />
family-friendly, safe<br />
and sustainable places thriving with local businesses,<br />
shoppers, visitors and residents, something we have<br />
committed to delivering for residents.”<br />
Leon Guyett, development director at The English Cities<br />
Fund, said: “We’re proud to receive confirmation from<br />
the cabinet on our draft masterplans. This signals the<br />
shift in focus to the delivery stage of our borough-wide<br />
partnership, starting with the regeneration of both <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Helens</strong> and Earlestown town centre.<br />
To see the plans visit www.sthelenstowncentre.co.uk and<br />
www.earlestown.co.uk.<br />
The consultation into the draft masterplan frameworks<br />
includes pop-up shops in each town centre, stalls at<br />
various community locations and you can find a full<br />
schedule of events by following <strong>St</strong> <strong>Helens</strong> Borough<br />
Council’s @sthelenscouncil on Twitter and Facebook.<br />
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