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There will be 17 seats on St Helens Council to be contested overall across 16 wards. Labour is seeking to keep a grip on power while opposition parties and independent candidates are aiming to make inroads into the majority. A total of 48 councillors make up the council, three in each ward but two seats are vacant – one in the Windle ward and one in Earlestown. Therefore, currently, there are 46 councillors with 34 Labour; four Liberal Democrats; three Conservatives; three independents and two Greens. Key issues in the campaign have included St Helens’ post-Covid recovery and the row over the Local Plan and release of green belt land for development. ....
The plans have been called in THE plans for a Home Bargains warehouse on green belt land in Bold as part of the Omega development have been called in by the Secretary of State. In October, St Helens Council s planning committee had granted permission to build a massive warehouse on the land by a majority vote. Councillors were divided over the plans, which attracted more than 100 objection letters. The application sought full planning permission for the creation of an 829,725 sq.ft logistics warehouse, referred to as unit 1, with 48,287 sq.ft of ancillary office development. The applicant also sought outline planning permission for a combination of manufacturing and logistics to the remaining application site. ....