The plans go before the committee this week AN APPLICATION seeking permission for up to 1,100 homes at Cowley Hill Works are to go before the council s planning committee this week. The proposals, drawn up by BXB Cowley Hill Ltd, a joint venture between developer Promenade Estates and land reclamation specialist BXB Ltd, were sent to St Helens Council in December 2019. The development would deliver up to 1,100 new homes, a hotel and commercial space off College Street, north of the town centre. The development would sit on a significant proportion of the former Cowley Hill Works, operated by NSG Group, adjacent to the firm’s glass coating facility which will continue to operate.