Plans for a huge business park on the site of a former colliery have moved another step closer.
Parkside Colliery, south of Newton-le-Willows, was a major site on the South Lancashire coalfield, and was one of the last mines still operating in the area when it was closed in 1993.
The Parkside plans are a joint venture between developers Langtree and St Helens Council which aim to transform the former colliery into a logistics hub. However, the fact that the project would be built largely on green belt land has made the plans controversial from the start.
