do some ordinary people become demolition junkies when they are named councillors?

why that emphasys on demolishing houses? to be supplanted by what?

gets me so angry

do some ordinary people become demolition junkies when they are named councillors?

why that emphasys on demolishing houses? to be supplanted by what?

gets me so angry

Demolition junkies. I like it! :lol:

Gets me angry too. HMRI is what happens when stupidity meets desperation. Demolish usually good houses to replace them with often cheaper, nastier houses.

Not a single long term job is created thus continuing the process that lead to the houses becoming run down in the first place.

but something must be done!!!

until councillors realise they are nobody to alter the fabric a whole neighbourhoods nor uproot communities, I wander how many of them live in these stunning, redeveloped areas? if any

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The problem I have with some of the HMRI thinking is that there is not enough of an emphasis placed on some of the other key aspects to regeneration e.g supporting higher levels of enterprise, improving connectivity, attracting investment etc. None of this is easy but I struggle to see how demolishing houses and replacing them with low quality ones can be described as progress. Having said that I think some neighbourhoods in Liverpool were allowed to decline that much that maybe demolition was the only answer. I think this was the case in only a handful of streets though.

I have seen very little modern housing that is distinctive or has character. Some of it is ok, but still vapid.

but something must be done!!!

until councillors realise they are nobody to alter the fabric a whole neighbourhoods nor uproot communities, I wander how many of them live in these stunning, redeveloped areas? if any

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr



sorry, I ment wonder

regards

I agree Jane, Allerton Road does look good. It's just unfortunate that the funding from Tesco doesn't seem to have stretched to the section of the central reservation closest to the Queens Drive junction, which has merely had the barrier removed, and the tarmac replaced. It would have been nice to see the paving and trees continue into this section as well.

Hopefully at some point the works will be extended on the other side of the Queens Drive junction, up to the Sgt Peppers Bistro.

New £16m Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park opens

A new multi-million pound leisure centre has opened in Merseyside, which will also provide a new home for the region's basketball team.

The £16.1m Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park is equipped with two pools, a sports hall, gym, dance studio, spa and beauty treatment areas.

The complex has been built on the former St Thomas Becket School site in Longview Drive, Huyton.

Mersey Tigers have announced they will play their home fixtures at the centre.

The sports centre will be equipped with two 25m-long swimming pools.

A Knowsley Council spokesman said that later in the year, a 400m outdoor velodrome and BMX track is due to open.

"The BMX track will be located in the centre of the velodrome, which has only been seen once before in Europe at Antwerp in Belgium," he said.

Councillor Eddie Connor, cabinet member for leisure, community and culture, said: "It's great that we are able to offer such extensive facilities in Knowsley, including our new velodrome and BMX track.

"I'd encourage as many people as possible to come and have a look around and use the world-class facilities we have on offer here."

Middle income group submit plan to buy up Granby street

A GROUP of people who cannot get on the housing list or afford to buy a home have submitted a business plan to take over and redevelop 10 houses in Granby.

Members of the Northern Alliance Housing Co-Op intend to buy properties by raising capital from lenders and then charging rents at 80% or below of market rate to repay the debt.

They want to refit derelict terraces with solar panels to bring emissions down by 80% and offset some debts through renewable energy generation.

Work on the houses will be carried out by local tradesmen.

Co-operative member Ed Gommon, 32, has worked on the plan for a year.

He said: “We can now start to approach lenders with a credible plan.

“We are seeking funding from two streams - they are banks and building societies and the Government’s empty homes fund.”

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/09/29/middle-income-group-submit-plan-to-buy-up-granby-street-100252-29505884/#ixzz1ZLYmd4vb

Middle income group submit plan to buy up Granby street

A GROUP of people who cannot get on the housing list or afford to buy a home have submitted a business plan to take over and redevelop 10 houses in Granby.

Members of the Northern Alliance Housing Co-Op intend to buy properties by raising capital from lenders and then charging rents at 80% or below of market rate to repay the debt.

They want to refit derelict terraces with solar panels to bring emissions down by 80% and offset some debts through renewable energy generation.

Work on the houses will be carried out by local tradesmen.

Co-operative member Ed Gommon, 32, has worked on the plan for a year.

He said: “We can now start to approach lenders with a credible plan.

“We are seeking funding from two streams - they are banks and building societies and the Government’s empty homes fund.”

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/09/29/middle-income-group-submit-plan-to-buy-up-granby-street-100252-29505884/#ixzz1ZLYmd4vb

Good luck to them, hopefully it works and can be much copied to bring our Victorian streets back to life rather than continuing to demolish them.

Exactly,it's a pity there isn't more of this going on.

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere/previously:

BARRATT Homes (Manchester) and Peel Holdings have submitted a joint application to build an estate of 268 houses on the approach road to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

It includes new access roads and pedestrian links from Speke Hall Avenue and Cartswright Farm road to the site, as well as new parking and public spaces.

The application, prepared by consultancy GL Hearn, is for a range of 2, 3 and 4-bed family homes on a 7.8 hectare site to the north of Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The greenfield site is next to existing housing, as well as being close to a new garden centre and a retail/leisure scheme also planned by Peel.

It states there is a significant requirement of housing in Liverpool, and that there are "clear benefits" to the scheme.

"The proposed development will contribute towards on-going regeneration in this part of Speke and will further assist the council to improve the area by providing high quality family housing and important useable open space," it said.

Source - thebusinessdesk.com

Anyone know if this is the same site as the new garden centre/hotel/pub/restaurants etc or further round where the old Dunlops footy pitch was/other hotel?

Cartswright Farm Road is the right that leads to the ambulance station.

As old Sebo used to write, despite HMRI, demolition and innercity dereliction, Liverpool is nevertheless still expanding at its outer margins!

Crete and candia towers in north Liverpool are being totally refurbished by a private developer into 3 bedroom apartments each and then being sold to investors on premise that it wld attract good rental demand. Upcoming Jennifer regeneration project is claimed to be another attraction in the area.
How do you think the demand for these two properties would be like going ahead... Would these get the image makeover once in private hands or wld they still be regarded as some old towers that once housed students...

^^ This development should be welcomed as hardly anything happens north of Byrom Street.

The Everton area should be earmarked for a new university, perhaps technical. It could be built on Everton park, which is a fragmented area, and I wouldn't have a problem with seeing some of it built on in order to enhance the rest. Integrating a higher education campus with the park would transform Everton, bring a lot of young people and professionals into the area and have great views over the city and the river.

[QUOTE=Medici;84574023]^^ This development should be welcomed as hardly anything happens north of Byrom Street.

The Everton area should be earmarked for a new university, perhaps technical. It could be built on Everton park, which is a fragmented area, and I wouldn't have a problem with seeing some of it built on in order to enhance the rest. Integrating a higher education campus with the park would transform Everton, bring a lot of young people and professionals into the area and have great views over the city and the river.[/


So a broader redevelopment of the area should help. Correct me if I am wrong, but regeneration project Jennifer is in same area and it entails retail, commercial and some residential etc over next 3-4 years.

[QUOTE=Medici;84574023]^^ This development should be welcomed as hardly anything happens north of Byrom Street.

The Everton area should be earmarked for a new university, perhaps technical. It could be built on Everton park, which is a fragmented area, and I wouldn't have a problem with seeing some of it built on in order to enhance the rest. Integrating a higher education campus with the park would transform Everton, bring a lot of young people and professionals into the area and have great views over the city and the river.[/


So a broader redevelopment of the area should help. Correct me if I am wrong, but regeneration project Jennifer is in same area and it entails retail, commercial and some residential etc over next 3-4 years.


Project Jennifer is earmarked for land between Great Homer Street and Scotland Road but is beset with delays. If it ever happens it will help but inner north Liverpool still needs more regeneration. The area I was thinking of is up the hill on Netherfield road which would be a great site for a new university, or perhaps an extension in the future of Liverpool Hope University which is already based in the area.

yes u r right, too many delays in this jennifer regen project which makes it tough to bet on until it gets off the ground. wld wait and watch therefore...

University Technical College to open in north Liverpool by 2013

LIVERPOOL will open a new college within two years to create “the next generation” of scientists, engineers and health workers.

The base for 14 to 19-year-olds was among 13 bids approved by the government to become one of its flagship University Technical Colleges (UTCs). It is due to open in 2013.

UTCs are university and business-sponsored colleges which combine practical and academic studies.

Employers shape the curriculum as well as setting projects and offering work placements.

Prime minister David Cameron championed UTCs as a way of “offering first-class technical skills to those turned off by purely academic study”.

The North Liverpool Life Sciences UTC, to open in the north of the city on a yet-to-be-finalised site, will be led by sponsors University of Liverpool, the Everton-based North Liverpool Academy and the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

Specialising in bio-medical sciences, engineering and healthcare, the sponsors will work hand-in-hand with businesses from the sector, ranging from global biopharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb to commodities group Unilever.

The Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which promotes UTCs and was co-founded by former education secretary Lord Kenneth Baker, said the Liverpool base will have around 600 students.

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/10/11/university-technical-college-to-open-in-north-liverpool-by-2013-100252-29572230/#ixzz1aTjylVb3

Good to see it will be built in North Liverpool :)

I just get the feeling this will end up locating in a pre-existing facility or something. I really hope it is going to be a new build. Maybe part of what Eldonians are developing.

Derelict Liverpool landmark, the Florence Institute, is four months away from opening again

A LIVERPOOL landmark which lay derelict for three decades will open its doors to the public in less than five months, the trust behind a £6.4m restoration programme revealed last night.

While tarpaulin still shrouds the Florence Institute in Mill Street, Dingle, a team of 30 contractors are working flat out to meet their March deadline.

Work at the Grade II-listed Victorian boys’ club, wrecked in an arson attack in 1999, will see the “Florrie” open as a social hub – hosting weddings, live music events, functions, gym classes and education tours.

Eight new start-up businesses, including a small cafe, will launch when the building work is completed by the contractors currently on site.
Dianne Thompson Chief Exec Camelot, visited the Florence Institute Mill Lane to look at the progress following Heritage Lottery Funding. Hannah Wooller(Project Architect Purcell Miller Tritton) explains to Dianne.

Dianne Thompson, chief executive of lottery operator Camelot, which granted £3.7m towards the project, yesterday toured the vast structure.

She said she was “thrilled” by the progress being made on the site, which shut in the 1980s when funding dried up.

Ms Thompson said: “It is fantastic – it is what lottery funding was for.

“This is going to be such a wonderful venue when it is finished.

“The lottery is behind the greatest civic regeneration programme since Victorian times so it is wonderful to see a wonderful building from that era brought back to life.

“I am delighted to have been shown around – it is absolutely terrific.”

The Florrie, which opened in 1890 as the first purpose-built boys’ youth club in the country, will reopen following an eight-year battle by community leaders to raise funds to revive the architectural gem.

Denise Bernard, chairwoman of trustees, saw the building shut when she moved to Dingle as a teenager.

Now 39, Ms Bernard said the regenerated building would once again become a hub of the community.

Features include a creche, a heritage resource centre with IT and a small library and a 300-seat auditorium available for hire for functions. Another area will host indoor sports.

Mrs Bernard said: “For years, the Florrie has just been standing there with nothing happening. It was a sorry sight and neighbours were up in arms because she was such an eyesore. She was a blight on the community.

“After the arson, there was no floor, no ceiling, everything was fire-damaged. Some people wanted her to be razed to the ground but thankfully the appetite was to save her.

Read More http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/10/27/derelict-liverpool-landmark-the-florence-institute-is-four-months-away-from-opening-again-92534-29669036/2/#ixzz1bzRFKmIX

I met one of the trustees recently who said they were really making good progress now. They are hoping to offer pre-completion tours to the public, with tenants being able to set up shop in March. This is a good step towards the wider regeneration of the area, but we need many, many more.

Will the roof be similar to how it used to be in this link or is that going to be too expensive to recreate?

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=the+florrie&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=np&biw=1032&bih=506&tbm=isch&tbnid=AKI-m5U5eg3QDM:&imgrefurl=http://liverpoolhistorysocietyquestions.blogspot.com/2011/02/florence-institute-dingle-florrie.html&docid=AOsLtjMhR4d--M&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w7LqyMybvjQ/TWD7oipGDiI/AAAAAAAAAaA/6QycqTnoB_8/s1600/florence02.jpg&w=600&h=454&ei=Qm-pToXgNZKGhQeWuuWmDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=328&vpy=164&dur=582&hovh=148&hovw=207&tx=97&ty=67&sig=113396143863565547698&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=207&start=0&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0

http://theflorrie.org/

Stobart Widnes hub in line for new jobs and investment

NEW investment and jobs are in the pipeline at logistics group Stobart’s Widnes multi-modal gateway.

The Warrington-based group is working with an unnamed third party to create rail sidings for a new development at the road, rail and sea hub which could be ready by October 2012.

Stobart has already developed a distribution operation for Tesco which now receives six freight trains a day.

Commenting on the new investment deputy chief executive and company secretary Richard Butcher said: “We are working with them on new sidings and it could be ready by October 2012.

“The third party would bring a significant investment and create quite a number of jobs which would be great for Widnes and the wider region.”

Read More http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-local/2011/10/27/stobart-widnes-hub-in-line-for-new-jobs-and-investment-92534-29669849/#ixzz1c09NbvVL

I wonder if this could be the Amazon distribution centre....

I wonder if this could be the Amazon distribution centre....

They were in advanced talks as of last month?

http://news.myhermes.co.uk/amazon-planning-multi-million-pound-widnes-distribution-centre-reports-say-800731421.news

Quite a decent develoment on Shaw St, next to the Collegiate.

Recommended for approval at the next committee meeting.
http://northgate.liverpool.gov.uk/DocumentExplorer/Application/folderview.aspx?type=MVMPRD_DC_PLANAPP&key=796752

Quite a decent develoment on Shaw St, next to the Collegiate.

Recommended for approval at the next committee meeting.
http://northgate.liverpool.gov.uk/DocumentExplorer/Application/folderview.aspx?type=MVMPRD_DC_PLANAPP&key=796752

What is it?

A 6 storey student residence, with capacity for 240 students. All the details are in the link provided by buggedboy.
A 5/6 storey residential development was orginally planned, but in the current climate it wouldn't have made much sense for a developer.

A 6 storey student residence, with capacity for 240 students. All the details are in the link provided by buggedboy.
A 5/6 storey residential development was orginally planned, but in the current climate it wouldn't have made much sense for a developer.

Thanks. I couldn't find it on the database for some reason. This is good news. My dad grew up by the park and it's sad to see it so under-used and in it's current state.

New equestrian centre and Liverpool’s first zero carbon home set for approval

PLANS for a new purpose-built equestrian centre and Liverpool’s first zero carbon home are set to be approved by Liverpool council.

Maghull Developments wants to build the project on the former Allerton Priory Home Farm, in south Liverpool.

Occupying 36 acres on green space between Allerton Road and Woolton Road, the company hopes to create stabling for 38 horses.

Liverpool’s planning committee will consider the application tomorrow and officials have recommended the scheme be approved.

Maghull’s planning consultant Richard Gee said: “This is a unique development for Liverpool which retains the openness of the site and replicates its historic use.”

Maghull Developments already operates Formby Hall golf resort and hopes its latest leisure development will mean the well heeled of south Liverpool no longer have to travel as far to other equestrian centres.

The developments sit in the so-called “green wedge” – where developments are restricted.

“Although the proposed built development will inevitably have some effect on the open character of the green wedge the benefits gained from enhancing the recreational role... outweigh any harm,” states a planning report.

Read More http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/11/07/new-equestrian-centre-and-liverpool-s-first-zero-carbon-home-set-for-approval-92534-29731160/#sitelife-commentsWidget-bottom#ixzz1d1Qaf4xt

£16m Merseyside housing boost

MERSEYSIDE councils will learn today that they will receive almost £16m to regenerate housing stock.

The cash injection, a total of £15.7m, has come from the Housing Market Transitional Fund, set up after the government pulled the plug on the Housing Market Renewal project last October – leaving many areas in limbo.

Liverpool is expected to get £9.3m, Wirral £3m and Sefton £3.4m from the fund, which requires match funding from the councils themselves..

Liverpool’s bid focused on the hardest hit areas of Anfield Breckfield, the Easby Estate, the Welsh Streets, Edge Lane and Picton.

Read More http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/11/24/16m-merseyside-housing-boost-92534-29831668/#ixzz1ecY3CjnR

Liverpool’s Townsend Lane Dockers Club to close to make way for Tesco

ONE of Liverpool’s last dockers clubs looks set to be demolished to make way for a Tesco.

The club, which was opened in 1949, has been sold to the supermarket giant for an undisclosed sum.

Its trustees said the closure of the club was the “end of an era” but that it had been making a loss for several years and couldn’t survive.

The supermarket plan – which Tesco bosses said could create up to 250 jobs for the local community – would see development on two of the site’s four football pitches, which is likely to raise objections from Sport England.

Tesco said it was in discussions with both the council and Sport England over the plans – which would affect half of the 12-acre site – although no planning application has been lodged.

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/11/25/liverpool-s-townsend-lane-dockers-club-to-close-to-make-way-for-tesco-100252-29839074/#ixzz1ehoSddRi

Will this be the death knell for many of the independent, locally-owned shops between there and the ASDA on Breck Road?
Or "an expanded retail offer for the local community"?

Went for an explore about the Lovell scheme at kensington Court. Very impressed. I like the buildings fronting onto the main road, whilst those beyond are even better. They are certainly more attractive than the Bellway schemes nearby, though they aren't at all bad.

If we can get Edge Lane West up to or beyond the qualty of Kensington Fields, then we'll be laughing.

I drove past them and thought the same myself,it's looking good.

Plans for more than 250 homes on South Liverpool docklands approved

PLANS for more than 250 family homes on docklands in Speke have been approved by city planners.

Barratt Homes, working with landowner Peel Holdings, intend to build 268 houses with between one and four bedrooms, on land off Speke Hall Road.

The land is now owned by Peel Holdings, and is largely overgrown and unused.

At yesterday’s planning committee, city planners said by allowing the housing development to go ahead it would stop other, less attractive, developments going ahead.

In a separate application, 48 houses were approved on nearby Cressington Heath in Garston. The development, by Redrow, will complete the estate, which was begun in 2004 after permission from the government to build 300 homes.

Read More http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/11/30/plans-for-more-than-250-homes-on-south-liverpool-docklands-approved-92534-29867146/#ixzz1fCdvGk9Z

Docklands in Speke?

Thats a new one.

Oh dear, local journalism at its best. Again.

This reminds me of an old X Files episode where Scully and Mulder were investigating the disappearance of a Royal Navy ship that had sailed out of...... Leeds.

That's a sizeable development, though. I hope it's not one of those cul-de-sac/backs-to-civilization schemes.

I'm noticing stuff like this all of the time now,they're an absolute joke.

The Echo has lost it complete. The war being waged in their website on its postive coverage of Shitewives by the online population of Liverpool is amusing. So out of touch are they with the city's population, they thought the dreadful programme would be a boost to sales.

And they got caught out in the recent email scandal that they're one of Kenwright and co's public mouthpieces.

Anyone know what the plans are for the former BP garage on Booker Avenue and the corner plot of land opposite? They've both been left unused for a while now yet they're good spots.

Stobart and Pilkington secure £172m of investment to create thousands of jobs

Two firms in the Liverpool city region have secured £172m of private and public sector investment to safeguard and create thousands of jobs.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has confirmed that logistics giant Stobart and glassmaker Pilkington will go forward with two major infrastructure projects with support from the Governments Regional Growth Fund (RGF).

As first revealed by the LDP Business earlier this year, Stobart will receive £9m of RGF cash towards the £139m transformation of its Widnes freight park and Pilkington will get a £5m contribution towards its £33m coating plant.Stobart, will expand the site in a move that is expected to create 3,450 direct jobs and 1,276 indirect jobs.

Read More http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-local//tm_headline=stobart-and-pilkington-secure-163-172m-of-investment-to-create-thousands-of-jobs%26method=full%26objectid=29904794%26siteid=92534-name_page.html#ixzz1flMSiIHd

Changes to Toxteth ‘Firefit’

REVISED plans to rebuild a Liverpool sports centre and create a new home for a fire station were approved yesterday.

The project will see Toxteth Sports Centre completely rebuilt with a new sports hall, fitness suite, climbing wall, multi activity room and dance/drama studio.

The number of sports courts has been reduced from eight to six.

The scheme was originally priced at £4.8m, but it is not known how much the changes will save.

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/01/11/changes-to-toxteth-firefit-and-200m-waste-plant-approved-100252-30098792/#ixzz1j9OSQBOf

Final piece of funding for new £5.2m fire station complex for Toxteth

THE FINAL piece of funding has arrived for a £5.2m project which will see a new state-of-the-art fire station built at Toxteth.

The station will include youth, community and sporting facilities, such as new football pitches, a martial arts studio, dance studio and a new gym.

It is being built on the corner of Upper Warwick Street and Windsor Street, and will be known as the Toxteth Fire Fit Hub.

The last piece of funding has come from the Department for Education, which is making a contribution of £2.3m towards the project under its “myplace” initiative.

Kieran Timmins, deputy chief executive of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority, said: “The Toxteth Fire Fit Hub is completely unique. It is the biggest Fire and Rescue Service project of its kind in the UK and it is one of the biggest social regeneration projects in Toxteth. The arrival of this funding is one of the largest pieces in this jigsaw to create a stronger community and a brighter future.”

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/02/06/final-piece-of-funding-for-new-5-2m-fire-station-complex-for-toxteth-100252-30273117/#ixzz1low2m68D

Check out trailer number 2. Excellent stuff.
http://www.theflorrie.tv/

Does anyone know when the Florrie is due for completion?

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj32/buggedboy/IMAG0167-2.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj32/buggedboy/IMAG0164-1.jpg

Stunning - never seen this building before.

^^^^

Yes stunning indeed, an evocative picture in the sense that it is a stark reminder that this city used to be chock full of similar Victorian/Edwardian red brick muncipality and private provision.

Even allowing for regular bouts of lack of cash, difficulty utilising some buildings etc it is still genuinely perplexing that the all mighty, stuffed to the gunnels well staffed/resourced local and national bureauocracies could have been so destructive and neglectful of such a built environment.

£25m regeneration scheme for semi-derelict Liverpool 'Four Streets' in Granby

MORE than £25m will be ploughed into a regeneration project to build 50 new homes and refurbish 149 others in semi-derelict Liverpool streets.

Developer Leader1 (Liverpool) Ltd has won a contract with Liverpool City Council to undertake the work across three sites – in the Granby ‘Four Streets’ area, Webster Triangle, Wavertree, and Arnside Road, Edge Hill.

Work on the three-year £25.6m project, subject to the signing of a legal agreement, is now expected to start in May.

The award follows a tender process which invited proposals to regenerate neighbourhoods following the withdrawal of the Housing Market Renewal fund (HMRI).

In the Four Streets area of Granby, only around 70 of 200 properties are currently occupied. Residents groups have been campaigning for regeneration of Victorian terraces in Beaconsfield Street, Cairns Street, Jermyn Street and Ducie Street.

Ronnie Hughes of social enterprise A Sense Of Place, which has been working with residents in the area, said: “We are really glad to see something happening after years of nothing. What we need to do now is sit down with Leader1 to talk in detail about the plans.”

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/03/06/25m-regeneration-scheme-for-semi-derelict-liverpool-four-streets-in-granby-100252-30467511/#ixzz1oLUTtNLh

£45m Toxteth regeneration to include UK’s first slave trade victims memorial
Marc Waddington | Mar 13 2012 |

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/liverpoolecho/mar2012/0/9/joe-anderson-outside-st-james-church-in-toxteth-542717559.jpg
Joe Anderson, outside St James' Church in Toxteth

TOXTETH (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-communities/toxteth-dingle/) is in line for a major transformation worth £47m – including the UK’s first monument to victims of the slave trade.

The massive project will see St James Church on the corner of Upper Parliament Street and Park Road refurbished, and an “African Garden of Remembrance” placed in the graveyard in recognition of the many slaves who were buried there.

The council hopes the monument will be a “major pilgrimage attraction bringing tourists and particularly religious sightseers from America, the Caribbean and West Africa”.

There are also around 400 jobs likely to be created by the “St James Quarter”, with around 200 in the construction phase and the same amount working in the health centre, nursery, sports hall and visitor centre which will also form part of the scheme.

The regeneration project will also provide new housing.

It will be undertaken jointly by the council and LivServ, a charity linked to the Anglican diocese and specifically created for the project

The church, built in 1775, is Grade II listed but has fallen into disrepair in recent years.

It will be brought back to life to provide community projects including projects as varied as pre-marriage preparation to drug addiction support, an arts academy and debt counselling.

Council leader Cllr Joe Anderson said parts of Toxteth had been overlooked in regeneration terms in recent years, and that the scheme would reinvent the area.

He added: “The church is a remarkable treasure trove of the history of that particular period of the city’s history in terms of the people buried there who are victims of the slave trade.

“This will bring a few hundred jobs and new housing and community facilities.

“When money is tight the likes of church grounds and historic buildings don’t get priority, so the area has been overlooked in many ways.

“But this project will inspire regeneration of the wider area.”

“There are those who say you can’t keep your history and modernise at the same time, but this will be a classic example of how you can do that.”

Source: Liverpool Echo (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/03/13/45m-toxteth-regeneration-to-include-uk-s-first-slave-trade-victims-memorial-100252-30517431/)

Cant see Design Man being happy about certain parts of this project ;)

This is very old news and there is no information whatsoever about whether or funding has been secured. This one will be years away from beibg on site, if it ever does. Still, I like the mix of uses.

It's a shame if you're right about it being years away. I got really exited when I read that article. I'd love to see this area built up it really is a key site for Toxteth, the Dingle and the South of the city centre. In theory it seems so simple to make it more densely populated and then they could reopen the station that is right there. That station would be good I think as it would count as city centre and it would open up that area. If they could make these big improvements at that end of Park Road to compliment what is happening further up I'd be delighted.

I'd love for something to be done with Park Road, it used to be a dense and impressive city thoroughfare and deserves better. There are still the odd gem that c*nts at the council haven't managed to destroy just yet

Around 500 homes near Liverpool FC to be saved from demolition under “Anfield Village” plans

A MULTI-MILLION pound plan to transform swathes of housing around Liverpool FC’s Anfield football stadium can be revealed today.

The council is announcing blueprints to refurbish homes that will end years of delay in the drive to regenerate parts of L4 – renamed “Anfield Village”.

Houses to be refurbished rather than demolished include those within the boundary of Back Rockfield Road, Walton Breck Road, Sleepers Hill and Saker Street.

But the council warned that a small handful of these homes may also have to be demolished because they have fallen into disrepair in recent years.

The scheme – to be funded jointly by the council and the Homes and Communities Agency – will affect just over 600 properties and see around £16m of investment pumped in.

Council leader Cllr Joe Anderson said the move was great news for the people of Anfield, whose futures have been in doubt since the government pulled its funding for the Housing Market Renewal (HMRI) programme.

It saw many homes in the area torn down or fall into decay after their residents were moved out.

The plans will roll together what were phases six and seven of HMRI into one. Around 90 homes close to Liverpool Football Club will be demolished and the remainder of the 600 repaired.

However, houses in the V Streets directly across from Anfield stadium – which were in phase five of the scheme – are still to be demolished.

Cllr Anderson said: “This will give a modern and green feel to this area with some properties knocked into the other to create family accommodation and affordable housing.”

Gardens and driveways will be included in some homes while new technologies like LED lighting are set to be installed.

Cllr Anderson insisted the housing transformation was in no way affected by Liverpool FC’s decision to either remain at its current Anfield home, or move to a new 60,000-seater stadium in Stanley Park.

The club is remaining tight-lipped about its intentions, but the ECHO has learnt a decision is not far away.

Following a visit to meet Anfield residents to explain the changes, Cllr Anderson said: “This is good news tempered by the fact we wanted to do so much more.

“In the 20 months since I’ve been leader we’ve saved more homes rather than demolish them.

“Residents have been rightly concerned and frustrated, but we’re delighted to be working with the government, Arena Housing and others to take some action.”

If the Reds do move to Stanley Park, the vacated land which is owned by the club could be used for retail, apartments, or other commercial developments to further boost Anfield.

Cllr Anderson added: “We are in discussions with both clubs about how to develop the area they are in. Nothing will happen without it coming through cabinet.

“Our relationship with Liverpool is fine and we have regular dialogue as the stadium issue is one we are involved in.”

The council has earmarked August for a start date on the work.

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Some interesting snippets there.

Good to see some more housing being saved. Anything is better than leaving the buildings to rot as they are. I hope we really do see an August start date for these. Just in time to impress visitors for next season.

The stadium news bit is also interesting, but I doubt they know anything concrete and are probably speculating.

The stadium news bit is also interesting, but I doubt they know anything concrete and are probably speculating.

You never know,they were spot on with the 1000 jobs being created by Jaguar.

Terribly vague description. Back Rockfield Road, Walton Breck Road, Sleepers Hill and Saker Street form three sides of a rough rectangle. Are we to assume the ground forms the final side? Looking on Streetview most of the streets enclosed by this shape aren't actually derilict, only (the odd house here and there aside) those few streets very close to LFC.

And this also leaves derelict Rockfield Road out.

I was in Breckfield today [which is part of Anfield imo] and it looks great compared to 10 years ago, all new houses, the academy, new health centres and new shops.

With the V streets set for demolition I would not at all be surprised to see LFC buy that patch of land, it's behind the Kop and extend onto that, maybe even going over Walton Breck Road.

The streets directly behind the Kop are Hartnup and Towson St (as well as Venmore). Also it is already in excess of 70 rows deep so probably a non-starter.

An idea similar to yours at the Anfield Road end would make much more sense. I suspect it could be built on the vacant land over Anfield Road and married up over the close season which would hopefully have minimal impact on capacity in the same way Wolves have done.

I was in Breckfield today [which is part of Anfield imo] and it looks great compared to 10 years ago, all new houses, the academy, new health centres and new shops.

Its a massive improvement and good to see the regeneration in the area.

City's asset vehicle gathers speed

23 Mar 2012, 10:08

Regeneration Liverpool, a joint venture between Liverpool City Council and asset-backed vehicle specialist Sigma Inpartnership, has announced plans to develop five sites across the city.

The five areas are:

Stonebridge Cross development
Gateacre former comprehensive school site
Lime Street, Renshaw Street, Knowledge Quarter in city centre
Edge Hill district centre
Lodge Lane baths site

The partnership will work with house builder Countryside Properties, Neptune Developments, Plus Dane and other local housing associations to deliver the projects.

The first priorities will be Stonebridge Cross and Gateacre with a view to starting in 2012/13. Stonebridge Cross comprises 60 acres and will provide a new secondary school, health centre, 600 homes and retail with a major food store.

The former comprehensive school site in Gateacre will be developed to accommodate around 200 new family homes. Regeneration Liverpool will recycle the value from these homes back into the provision of new educational facilities in the city as well as looking at other city council priorities.

Regeneration Liverpool will prepare feasibility studies for Lime Street, Renshaw Street, Knowledge Quarter, Edge Hill District Centre and Lodge Lane bath site, to include a variety of uses including commercial and residential development as well as educational, community and health facilities.

The joint venture is already delivering a £100m housing scheme of 115 units on the Boot Estate in Norris Green.

Duncan Sutherland, chairman of Sigma Inpartnership, said: "The widening of the partnership provides a real delivery vehicle for the city council in terms of regeneration, jobs and investment. The partners are already working with local communities to deliver projects and the council's objectives in Norris Green, Stonebridge Cross and other areas of the city."

Cllr Joe Anderson, leader of Liverpool City Council, said: "We're absolutely determined to continue driving forward regeneration in Liverpool. But in such difficult economic times, we have to find imaginative ways of working with partners. Regeneration Liverpool is a really effective way of doing this, bringing together the best of the public and private sector and creating really exciting opportunities for our city.

"The development of these five key sites is fantastic news for Liverpool, and proof that by strengthening this innovative partnership, we are leaving ourselves better equipped to deliver vital regeneration schemes, attract investment and create thousands of jobs."

Regeneration Liverpool, registered as Liverpool Partnership LLP, was formed in March 2007 as a 15-year joint venture between Liverpool City Council and Manchester-based regeneration specialist Sigma Inpartnership. The council will put land and potentially occupiers such as schools into the partnership and Sigma will raise finance to develop the new buildings. Regeneration Liverpool is managed by a board consisting of two Liverpool City Council representatives and two Inpartnership representatives.

Sigma Inpartnership has other similar asset-backed partnerships with Salford City Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.

Lime Street? YES!

Sounds promising. If only thery were doing Lime St first though.

Hugh Baird HE centre to open in 2013

26 Mar 2012

Building consultancy Turner & Townsend has been appointed to provide project and cost management to assist Hugh Baird College on its proposed new higher education centre opposite the existing campus on Balliol Road, Bootle.

The new £5m complex will cover 30,000 sq ft and contain teaching space as well as community facilities. The appointed architects are Taylor Young. Pending planning approval, the project is scheduled to be completed by September 2013 ready for the start of the new school year.

Pat Farrell, executive director of estates and resources at Hugh Baird, said: "This is an ambitious project but one which shows the college's long-term commitment to providing high quality education in a modern teaching environment."

Turner & Townsend is also providing cost management services at Lancaster & Morecambe College, Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College, Wirral Metropolitan College and Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale.

Martin Perryman, director in Turner & Townsend's Manchester office, said: "After the recent turbulent times with funding in the further education sector we are delighted that we are able draw upon our extensive knowledge of the sector to help colleges realise their plans and assist them to develop robust property strategies and secure much needed funding."

http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/11322-hugh-baird-he-centre-to-open-in-2013.html

Hugh Baird HE centre to open in 2013

26 Mar 2012

Building consultancy Turner & Townsend has been appointed to provide project and cost management to assist Hugh Baird College on its proposed new higher education centre opposite the existing campus on Balliol Road, Bootle.

The new £5m complex will cover 30,000 sq ft and contain teaching space as well as community facilities. The appointed architects are Taylor Young. Pending planning approval, the project is scheduled to be completed by September 2013 ready for the start of the new school year.

Pat Farrell, executive director of estates and resources at Hugh Baird, said: "This is an ambitious project but one which shows the college's long-term commitment to providing high quality education in a modern teaching environment."

Turner & Townsend is also providing cost management services at Lancaster & Morecambe College, Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College, Wirral Metropolitan College and Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale.

Martin Perryman, director in Turner & Townsend's Manchester office, said: "After the recent turbulent times with funding in the further education sector we are delighted that we are able draw upon our extensive knowledge of the sector to help colleges realise their plans and assist them to develop robust property strategies and secure much needed funding."

http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/11322-hugh-baird-he-centre-to-open-in-2013.html

Fantastic news this,thanks for the post Paul! Any chance you can re post it on the bootle project thread? - it could do with a bit of good news!

Wavertree pub to become solicitors office

26 Mar 2012

BMD:Law have acquired a former pub in the Liverpool suburb of Wavertree for its new office.

The growing legal practice is moving from Picton Road, Wavertree to the Lamb on High Street after acquiring the Grade 2-listed building from Punch Taverns for an undisclosed sum.

Bernadette McDonald, founder and principal solicitor of BMD:Law, established the firm four years ago. She said: "I'm overjoyed to be moving the firm into the building which is not only historically important and impressive in its own right but also has strong emotional ties for me because my parents, grandparents and great grandparents all lived within sight of the Lamb and it was a long-running family joke that we would never move far away.

"We look forward to restoring the building to its former glory and ensuring that its 200-year heritage continues far into the future. I'm honoured to be part of a building that has an illustrious history and magnificent architecture and features inside and out."

http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/11327-wavertree-pub-to-become-solicitors-office.html

Anfield Village regeneration set to get green light.

Liverpool City Council is set to approve proposals for a major regeneration project in Anfield.

Plans to refurbish properties off Walton Breck Road, close to Liverpool FC's stadium, are to be put to a cabinet meeting later.

The area, which contains more than 600 properties, will be renamed Anfield Village.

Councillor Ann O'Byrne said the refurbishment of the area was "long overdue".

Most of the properties in the area, which lies between Back Rockfield Road, Walton Breck Road, Sleepers Hill and Saker Street, are small terraced houses in poor condition with high vacancy rates.

Options being explored include creating larger homes by knocking two properties into one and creating space for gardens in the remaining properties.

Ms O'Byrne said the aim was "to accelerate the regeneration of the area, providing modern, affordable homes which people want to live in".

"Working together with residents, we can deliver long overdue housing improvements for Anfield and start building a brighter future for the area," she said.

If the plans do get the go ahead, work is scheduled to begin in the summer.

Already approved. Big Joe is getting quite natty at the old Twitter.

Godo to hear work is scheduled to go ahead so quickly. Presumably there will need to be planning applications in, unless some have already been approved.

This is excellent news and there could be no conceivable reason that there should not be unanimity in agreeing this.

However, this should not be seen in isolation as a panacea for the area's ills. Rockfield Road must be at the heart of the regeneration of this part of Anfield and regeneration experts must be innovative and think outside the box as to how this is achieved.

Thats good news,another big step in improving the area.

£18.6m Thornton to Switch Island link road scheme to be given green light

THE green light is set to be given for the £18.6m Thornton to Switch Island link road scheme.

Sefton Council’s Labour leader Cllr Peter Dowd said the final legal hurdles are currently being negotiated for the construction of the long-awaited bypass.

It will reduce congestion at traffic blackspot Green Lane.

The development will include the bypass, highways connecting the road to existing roads, new bridleways and off-site planting areas.

Cllr Dowd said: “There are some very technical legal details left for Sefton Council to negotiate in relation to building on the land which is owned by the Crown, but we should hopefully see all of that resolved in the next couple of months.

“Once we manage to negotiate these final hurdles, we should be able to see work start as per the schedule early next year.

“I know that any delay causes concerns, but I know that Sefton’s legal team is working on resolving the final details and we should finally see work begin on this much needed relief road.”

The news comes after a 30-year fight for a relief road to be built to reduce traffic on the busy A565.

In February last year, the Department for Transport announced that it would fund £14.5m towards the scheme. Sefton is funding the remaining cash.

The single carriageway route will connect the Switch Island M57 and M58 interchange with the A565 to Crosby, relieving Green Lane and Lydiate Lane of thousands of vehicles each day and cutting travel times for motorists.

Cllr Dowd said: “It has been a long and winding road to get to this stage, but we are getting to the stage where the green light will be given for construction.

“This is good news for people in Thornton who have had to contend with congested roads for many years.

“But it’s also good news for the whole of Sefton as it is vital investment in our infrastructure which in turn will create jobs and put some much needed money into the local economy, while also improving our roads infrastructure which is a boost to local businesses.”

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^^

Finally! The traffic on Dunningsbridge Road that builds up between the Copy Lane junction and Switch Island is ridiculous. And the attempts of slowing down the Southport-bound traffic which passes through Maghull/Lydiate from the M57, via the A59, seems a bit pointless. I mean I can't see what signs warning people of speed cameras is really going to do when the vast majority of people who pass through the town already know where the speed cameras are.

It's excellent news, but it's still another compromised bodge job at Switch Island. This should be a dual carriageway at least, and in an ideal world, there'd be a flyover as well to take traffic onto the M57 or M58. But Switch Island basically needs bombing and starting all over again.

£15m rebirth of Everton Valley school Notre Dame at heart of Project Jennifer

EXCLUSIVE by Ben Turner, Liverpool EchoApr 5 2012Add a commentRecommend inShare.0 1
An artist impression of the view from Everton Park leisure centre of the new Notre Dame secondary in Everton Valley THIS is how a new £15m school will look when it opens at the heart of Liverpool’s Project Jennifer scheme.

The ECHO’s exclusive images reveal the stunning interior and exterior of Notre Dame Catholic college, in Everton Valley.

Its rebirth is part of a Liverpool council-led revamp of the city’s ageing secondary and special schools.

It will move from its Victorian home to a new site next to Everton Park sports centre, in Great Homer Street, the focus of the £150m Project Jennifer regeneration scheme.

The school will be completely rebuilt using a structure similar to a modern airport terminal building called EdVenture, which is far cheaper than traditional building methods and offers more flexibility because the internal layout and even the entire use of the site can change in the future. Due to open in September next year, the school will be based at the heart of Project Jennifer, which should transform a 45-acre site.

Officials confirmed the design boasts a ceiling height of up to 17m and will house high-quality performance and arts facilities.

The school hopes that will secure it as the “satellite hub for the arts in north Liverpool”.

Constructors have said it will have a large number of plants to create an “indoor/outdoor feel” and to help ensure there is “a seamless flow” between the secondary, Everton Park and wider Project Jennifer facilities.

Completion of the school building will be followed by the shopping phase of the project, which will include a new Sainsbury’s store, 80,000 sq ft of shops, improved public spaces and a new home for Great Homer Street’s outdoor market.

The new school will also provide a home for a pharmacy, health and wellbeing centre and a base for indoor market traders.

Frances Harrison, headteacher at Notre Dame Catholic college, said: “The redevelopment is an opportunity for the school to play a huge role at the very heart of the community, contributing a space which can grow and prosper along with the area.”

Michelle Taylor, regional director at Project Jennifer developer St Modwen, said: “Notre Dame will play an important role in a sustainable community which will benefit from more than 1,000 new jobs, new homes and vastly improved facilities.”

Liverpool council has said it hoped as many city firms as possible will be involved in the supply chain and building of the new school.

Council leader Joe Anderson said: “Project Jennifer will serve as a catalyst for further regeneration, investment and opportunities throughout north Liverpool.

“The relocation of Notre Dame Catholic college, and our proposals to transform Everton Park into a first-class community and visitor destination, are a great example of this already starting to happen, and marks the dawn of a new era for the area.”


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I have to say I like that, despite myself. It reminds my of the converted hangars in Speke. Good, hefty size too. In terms of cost effectiveness, I'm so shocked that nobody thought of this idea before. Basically, build a shell and then build your school inside it. If you want to change the layout, or even change it to a hotel or whatever, go ahead. No planning permission needed. Just get on with it.

It's excellent news, but it's still another compromised bodge job at Switch Island. This should be a dual carriageway at least, and in an ideal world, there'd be a flyover as well to take traffic onto the M57 or M58. But Switch Island basically needs bombing and starting all over again.

This.

It should be a flyover from the end of the M57 (and M58) which links onto the new (dual carriageway!) link road.

Completion of the school building will be followed by the shopping phase of the project, which will include a new Sainsbury’s store, 80,000 sq ft of shops, improved public spaces and a new home for Great Homer Street’s outdoor market.

Great news.

I don't like it, it is one of the worst buildings I have seen, and lets face it north Liverpool has plenty of them. I love modernist architecture when done well, but many of our local buildings are terrible these days, the generic health centre, the generic box gym, the generic school or library, they're shit, and look tacky and dated very quickly. Look at the quality of the current Notre Dame school in Everton Valley and please tell me how this new development is in any way superior? It simply isn't up to the same standard, and rehousing them on the cheap will in the long term be more expensive as the new school will need replacing far sooner than the current one.
I actually do believe that the only reason a replacement school is being sought is down to the current vogue that dictates old buildings simply aren't practical anymore, rather than any real need for new accommodation. This is the fashion in other things like business, how long is it before Liverpool Council decides that Municipal Buildings isn't fit for purpose and moves into a vapid customer friendly shell? When Barclays moved from Martins Bank Building to Lord Street I couldn't believe it.
Does anyone know what will become of the disused Notre Dame school? Presumably it will be left to rot or torn down and replaced with bungalows, north Liverpool is blighted by decades of extremely poor urban planning with no consistency and little thought, this development is another chapter of it.

Unfortunately, get ready for some pain then, because all 12 new schools are going to look precisely like this, but with different logos on the front.

The current Notre Dame site is one of the few remaining sites in Liverpool that give us an insight into the previous massing of our city. It certainly is an imposing building when viewed from Everton Valley. I really hope that the main building can be retained for other uses - perhaps as a hotel development within (or without) the ´Football Quarter´ proposal?

People ought not to be brainwashed by the boasts about the new building´s specifications. Parklands High in Speke was lauded as an architectural triumph thanks to the open corridors and light, but it did zilch to improve the education of the students there.

The original school building should definitely be retained & refurbished, maybe as flats or a hotel for match crowds.

Seems sadly inevitable that it will be torn down instead. I assume its not listed?

Wow, North Liverpool Academy get an airplane design...Notre Dame get an airplane hangar. I agree with Medi, I think these designs are made thinking from the inside out, but with no means on integrating the design so it is in keeping with the surrounding areas. If this is what Project Jennifer will provide, whilst it may provide jobs, it will still be a pretty much no go area after dark with no signs of life.

I was involved as a stakeholder in the 'building schools for the future' programme in knowsley where all of the high schools were replaced with new 'learning centres'. Whilst the buildings a pretty good from the inside (although not as effective in changing learning styles for the better as once hoped), they went on about they would be central hubs of the community and open til 10pm weekdays for community groups and open weekends. Now they look like square warehouses and after 5-6pm the gates are locked.

I presume there will be a nice wedge heading over to LDL to pay for 'ICT costs'.

A possible future use for Notre Dame could be for the Studio games college that is being planned and temporarily hosted at NLA. Or something similar to Anfield Business Centre, which finally seems to be succeeding.

£15m rebirth of Everton Valley school Notre Dame at heart of Project Jennifer

EXCLUSIVE by Ben Turner, Liverpool EchoApr 5 2012Add a commentRecommend inShare.0 1
An artist impression of the view from Everton Park leisure centre of the new Notre Dame secondary in Everton Valley THIS is how a new £15m school will look when it opens at the heart of Liverpool’s Project Jennifer scheme.

The ECHO’s exclusive images reveal the stunning interior and exterior of Notre Dame Catholic college, in Everton Valley.

Its rebirth is part of a Liverpool council-led revamp of the city’s ageing secondary and special schools.

It will move from its Victorian home to a new site next to Everton Park sports centre, in Great Homer Street, the focus of the £150m Project Jennifer regeneration scheme.

The school will be completely rebuilt using a structure similar to a modern airport terminal building called EdVenture, which is far cheaper than traditional building methods and offers more flexibility because the internal layout and even the entire use of the site can change in the future. Due to open in September next year, the school will be based at the heart of Project Jennifer, which should transform a 45-acre site.

Officials confirmed the design boasts a ceiling height of up to 17m and will house high-quality performance and arts facilities.

The school hopes that will secure it as the “satellite hub for the arts in north Liverpool”.

Constructors have said it will have a large number of plants to create an “indoor/outdoor feel” and to help ensure there is “a seamless flow” between the secondary, Everton Park and wider Project Jennifer facilities.

Completion of the school building will be followed by the shopping phase of the project, which will include a new Sainsbury’s store, 80,000 sq ft of shops, improved public spaces and a new home for Great Homer Street’s outdoor market.

The new school will also provide a home for a pharmacy, health and wellbeing centre and a base for indoor market traders.

Frances Harrison, headteacher at Notre Dame Catholic college, said: “The redevelopment is an opportunity for the school to play a huge role at the very heart of the community, contributing a space which can grow and prosper along with the area.”

Michelle Taylor, regional director at Project Jennifer developer St Modwen, said: “Notre Dame will play an important role in a sustainable community which will benefit from more than 1,000 new jobs, new homes and vastly improved facilities.”

Liverpool council has said it hoped as many city firms as possible will be involved in the supply chain and building of the new school.

Council leader Joe Anderson said: “Project Jennifer will serve as a catalyst for further regeneration, investment and opportunities throughout north Liverpool.

“The relocation of Notre Dame Catholic college, and our proposals to transform Everton Park into a first-class community and visitor destination, are a great example of this already starting to happen, and marks the dawn of a new era for the area.”


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I have to say I like that, despite myself. It reminds my of the converted hangars in Speke. Good, hefty size too. In terms of cost effectiveness, I'm so shocked that nobody thought of this idea before. Basically, build a shell and then build your school inside it. If you want to change the layout, or even change it to a hotel or whatever, go ahead. No planning permission needed. Just get on with it.

That design is probably the worst school design i've seen! well at least we know where the old Central Station platform wall cladding is going......

It's the Stanley Dock Education Warehouse

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It looks amazing inside and will only improve as more of it gets finished. There's lots of activities booked too. Over 40 events have already been booked for the main hall alone, whilst they only have one office left to rent out to local groups/businesses. They have plans for farmers markets etc for the outdoor space, when that is complete.

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£100,000 Market Square regeneration plan for Toxteth Lodge Lane

A MARKET square could revive the fortunes of Toxteth’s Lodge Lane district.

The Tiber Enterprise hub and Liverpool council have submitted a bid for £100,000 to the government’s Mary Portas High Street Innovation Fund.

The £1m fund is designed to breathe new life into town centres.

If successful the money would be used to create a market square – aimed at encouraging fledgling local small businesses – on the site of the former Tiber primary school, which was demolished in the 1990s.

It would also create an attractive new centre in Lodge Lane and help promote the area.

Local leaders hope that it could lead to a complete revamp for the five-acre former school site, part of which is used as a playing field.

A rebuild of the changing facilities and improvements to bring the pitch up to FA regulation standard could follow.

The Tiber Enterprise Hub, which opened in September offering small business units, is already full.

Billy Maxwell, the council local area manager, said: “The Tiber has shown there is appetite for small business space. A new market square would help expand the entrepreneurial zeal that there is already in the area.”

He said the market would emphasise the unique multicultural identity of Lodge Lane, bring a wider retail mix to the district and create business opportunities, and improve the public space.

The bid has involved youngsters creating a video on YouTube saying why the area should be awarded the cash.

A decision is expected next month.

Regenerating Lodge Lane is high on the political agenda in the city.

The Labour-run council has already launched the Loving Lodge Lane campaign with clean-ups of the area, community projects and food festivals.

Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Richard Kemp has pledged in his manifesto to create a Curry Mile along the road if he is elected next month.

Cllr Nick Small, cabinet member for business, said: “Lodge Lane is a really vibrant and exciting part of the city and the food hub will help lift the whole area as well as creating new jobs. Lodge Lane has got a big future ahead of it. The city council is committed to developing an ethnic food hub and attracting more business investment and jobs.”

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I don't know whether this has been posted yet.

Special business zone status considered for Liverpool FC and Everton FC Football Quarter proposals
Apr 5 2012

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Stanley Park, sitting amid Anfield and Goodison

A FOOTBALL Quarter to harness the worldwide appeal of Liverpool FC and Everton FC could win special city status.

Council bosses have discussed the feasibility of unveiling a designated Business Improvement District for the proposed 40-acre zone in Stanley Park between the two stadiums.

Everton fans group Keep Everton In Our City (KEIOC) and LFC group Spirit of Shankly (SOS) have recently met with officials from Liverpool council, Liverpool Vision and The Mersey Partnership about the project.

While talks are currently in the “ideas” stage, indications are that town hall chiefs believe an approved business district award could help the initiative’s cause.

Under the scheme, clustered firms pay up to 2% of their rates to a specially-created group that spends the cash on improvement projects in their areas that can include safety, events, marketing or green issues.

Also suggested was the possibility of a Football Quarter becoming part of a Mayoral Development Zone after the May election.

Council leader Joe Anderson – the favourite for Mayor – has backed the scheme, which includes a “fanzone” venue, football museum, hotels, bars, restaurants, and pedestrian links between Anfield and Goodison Park.

Read More (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2012/04/05/special-business-zone-status-considered-for-liverpool-fc-and-everton-fc-football-quarter-proposals-99623-30695083/#ixzz1rkFeHoTw)

Met Joe Anderson today and he said that the 5,000 homes he is to build will include Edge Lane West and the houses at the top of Smithdown Rd. Some other housing announcements are due soon, along similar lines to the Anfield Village plans. He also said that some additional funding had been secured for the school rebuild, including sponsorship for a creative industries academy.

Great news BB.:)

Met Joe Anderson today and he said that the 5,000 homes he is to build will include Edge Lane West and the houses at the top of Smithdown Rd. Some other housing announcements are due soon, along similar lines to the Anfield Village plans. He also said that some additional funding had been secured for the school rebuild, including sponsorship for a creative industries academy.

Do you know if these are going to be the houses / road changes that were originally submitted, prior to funding being withdrawn?

Do you know if these are going to be the houses / road changes that were originally submitted, prior to funding being withdrawn?

That's what he implied. It isn't like there are any buildings there to refurb either, so the only way forwards would be a new build. It would be daft if they resubmitted new plans, with all the associated design costs. LCC are being very proactive in working with the housebuilders and RSLs to see what packages can be developed first.

No doubt this will be discussed during upcoming racqueteering.

That sounds good (I quite liked the plans).

Would be another PR coup as well I imagine if Joe can re-ignite projects like this

Can't announce anything at the mo though, due to purdah. Plans will come out soon enough. Most likely by late summer.

Great pics of the Florrie buggedboy.

Reserved matters application now in for the Notre Dame school adjacent to Project Jennifer. Be good to see more documents on this one.

Sigma rolls on at Boot Estate
18 Apr 2012, 16:50


Regeneration Liverpool, the asset-backed vehicle between Liverpool City Council and Sigma Inpartnership, has submitted a planning application for the third phase of the £100m housing scheme in Norris Green.

The plans are for 63 homes to be built by off Heathwaite Crescent by Countryside, one of the preferred developers of Regeneration Liverpool, as a part of the ongoing redevelopment of the estate. So far 115 new homes have already been completed on site and construction of this latest phase should commence in the summer, subject to planning approval.

Of the 63 units, there will be 20 affordable homes and 43 sold to private occupiers. All of the properties will be built over two stories and a number of the three and four bedroom homes will have garages.

Graeme Hogg, director of Sigma Inpartnership, said: "This is another exciting step in the transformation of the estate, with the emphasis on quality homes and environment being maintained. We are delighted that despite the extremely difficult commercial environment, we are managing to push ahead with mixed tenure product, due to the strength of interest being shown in the scheme."

Ian Simpson, land director at Countryside, said: ""Countryside Properties is excited to be involved with the future phases of Norris Green Village on what is proving to be a popular development and one that gives the local home buyers a great opportunity for affordable home ownership."

This news follows the recent announcement that Regeneration Liverpool will be regenerating five more sites across the city in Stonebridge Cross, the Gateacre former comprehensive school site, Lime Street/Renshaw Street/Knowledge Quarter, Edge Hill District Centre and Lodge Lane baths site.


http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/11469-sigma-rolls-on-at-boot-estate.html

As of March 29th, the Eldonian Group received £3.9m ERDF towards an enterprise hub, providing 4,000m2 floorspace.

Sounds like things are moving ahead over there. Good to hear.

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Firefit, Toxteth.

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Cawdor Park, Granby St.

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Another devpt opposite

There's loads of steelwork up too isn't there? Or maybe I saw a different thing.

Firefit, Toxteth.

Cawdor Park, Granby St.

Another devpt opposite

It's good that new houses are finally going up, but they look utter shit and lack any style or character like the area used to have. People with the money to choose wont want to live there and intern not help lift the area up.

It's good that new houses are finally going up, but they look utter shit and lack any style or character like the area used to have. People with the money to choose wont want to live there and intern not help lift the area up.

No really assure I agree. There really isn't anything particularly unique or characterful about a Victorian terrace. They are pretty much factory made identikit houses themselves. These houses are actually very solid and have some good features about them.

Those houses do look like shit. We can fill the inner city with as many ugly suburban rabbit hutches as we want... but the areas will always remain poverty ghettos and crime hotspots unless they can attract decent families (particularly "middle class" (although I hate the term 'class') families who'll inject some cash) and young professionals. These ugly boxes will not attract these sorts of people.
A better solution would be to build a mixture of spacious apartments and spacious family townhouses. But it's not just about the buildings, there needs to be a community too - shops, parks, good schools, etc.


Seeing this has given me the fantasy town planning bug again! So prepare for a resurrection of the fantasy developments thread! :lol:

Those houses do look like shit. We can fill the inner city with as many ugly suburban rabbit hutches as we want... but the areas will always remain poverty ghettos and crime hotspots unless they can attract decent families (particularly "middle class" (although I hate the term 'class') families who'll inject some cash) and young professionals. These ugly boxes will not attract these sorts of people.
A better solution would be to build a mixture of spacious apartments and spacious family townhouses. But it's not just about the buildings, there needs to be a community too - shops, parks, good schools, etc.


Seeing this has given me the fantasy town planning bug again! So prepare for a resurrection of the fantasy developments thread! :lol:

Agreed, chronically crap cheap design... :(

I have to agree with the sentiments above, not far removed from the much-loathed bungalows that lot. Even Tony Mulhearn might think twice about being photographed in front of these.

Agreed, chronically crap cheap design... :(

I'm not quite share what you think your supposed to get in a house sometimes! Those are on sale for more than my gaff and I live in a much more desirable area. Put those houses in Allerton and they'd cost upwards of 190k. They are certainly better houses than, say, Penny Lane.

I agree with bb. Those houses are ok. I'm currently in the market for a house and would gladly consider one of them new builds in L8 if it wasn't for the fact my girlfriend wants to live in an old one in L17. I suppose I'll just have to pay loads more and be freezing cold every winter. I know a boffin from from the university (works there not a student) he's from newcastle and just bought a new build off tunnel road. He loves it.

I actually quite like them.

There needs to be more well paid jobs and more skilled people - that will help the inner city areas. That said, I do think it would be an interesting pilot to build or refurbish some larger and higher quality / more expensive houses in the inner city and to see how the market reacts. The difficulty is getting the developers to take the risk and I'm not sure that the planning policy would be supportive but I may be wrong.

I'm not quite share what you think your supposed to get in a house sometimes! Those are on sale for more than my gaff and I live in a much more desirable area. Put those houses in Allerton and they'd cost upwards of 190k. They are certainly better houses than, say, Penny Lane.

But that's exactly my point! They're suburban houses - they belong in places likes Allerton! Not just outside the city centre!


Ignoring the fact that I despise most new builds (there's a few going up in West Didsbury here in Manc that are pretty nice though), I would rather pay more to live in Allerton than Granby. Nothing to do with crime or anything because I'm sure Granby is actually perfectly safe - but there's nothing to do in Granby, no proper shops, pubs, cafes etc. And despite being close to town, it's just too far to be really useful. I'd pay more just to be close to Allerton Road.

I currently live in Old Trafford in Manc (roughly the same distance from town as Granby) and I hate it. The area isn't dangerous, it's just shite - the only shops are Iceland and Aldi (and countless greasy takeaways and Asian fruit and veg shops), there's no bars, pubs, cafes, no little interesting places to visit... according to Google Maps there's a little park behind the council estate opposite my flat but it doesn't seem like I'd want to be walking around there.

It just seems to be that 'regeneration' in British inner cities means 'build some suburban houses and a few blocks of plastic flats and everything will be grand'. It doesn't work. It doesn't solve the area's real problems, it just papers over the cracks. The condition of the houses being replaced isn't the cause of the area's problems, it's a symptom. Give it a little time and the disease of the inner-city will mean these new houses are falling to pieces because no one decent wants to live in them.

Appalling snobbery Pablo Diablo. I bet you feel right at homw with all those mean spirited mancs. Old Trafford is much further from town than Granby anyway.

It's snobbery to want to live in an area that actually has local amenities, rather than a pokey plastic flat or a suburban rabbit hutch dumped in a failed council estate?

It's snobbery to want to live in an area that actually has local amenities, rather than a pokey plastic flat or a suburban rabbit hutch dumped in a failed council estate?

I do think you're overegging it slightly but I'll bet you a pound to a pinch of shite that DatW doesn't accuse his missus of "appalling snobbery". :)

She doesn't say stuff like that. We live in L8 at the moment.

Stuff like what? What have I said that's snobbish? All I want is a nice apartment/house in a nice area that is walking distance from some nice shops/things to do.

I used to live in West Bridgford (inner city Nottingham), now that is what an inner city neighbourhood should be!

The bit that struck me as particularly snobbish was when you said that "no one decent wants to live in them". Why are these people not decent? Are they scum?

There is a danger that some of these comments come across as being snobbish but I think most people would agree that the inner city areas need a greater mix of home owners, people with skilled jobs and more disposable income if they are to become sustainable again. For me that means attractive neighbourhoods with good schools, services, quality housing and interesting high streets. Maybe to kick things off there would need to be a financial incentive for people to invest in these areas?

The bit that struck me as particularly snobbish was when you said that "no one decent wants to live in them". Why are these people not decent? Are they scum?

Ok, terrible choice of words on my part. For that I apologise.

What I was trying to say is the danger is due to the lack of amenities/community causing people to live there who don't particular want to be there. In other words, people who live there because it's cheap and they can drive to anywhere they want to go - or people who are placed there by the council/housing associations. You can't build a community if the residents aren't interested in their area.


I agree 100% with Gutterfighter.

That's much more sensible. I also liked the idea you had on your fantasy wank thread about putting in bars and clubs under the railway arches near Stanley dock. It would be a great way to expand the city. Apologies if that wasn't you.

Yeah the railway arches idea was me.

I've resurrected my fantasy thread and posted an idea for Granby > http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1473934&page=2#post90669483

Councillors set to approve plans for new housing in north Liverpool

PLANS to allow developers to build more than 200 homes in north Liverpool could be approved.

City councillors will be asked to back proposals to use the council-owned site of the former Granton Road primary, in Anfield, for housing,

The council could also give the go-ahead to developer Keepmoat to start building homes on land bounded by Adam Street, Herschell Street, Adkins Street, Hartnup Street, St Glashier Street and St Domingo Vale, in Anfield.

All 320 properties on that site will be demolished by July and Keepmoat wants to begin work this summer on 167 new two, three and four bedroom homes.

The cabinet will also be asked to approve plans to sell land at Vauxhall Road and Burlington Street, Vauxhall, to a developer.

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/04/27/councillors-set-to-approve-plans-for-new-housing-in-north-liverpool-100252-30850061/#ixzz1tFia49AG

Nothing especially new in here but it at least it sets out a plan and gives a framework for sefton and the city council to work together.

http://www.liverpoolvision.co.uk/Docs/DownloadDocs/226NL%20SRF.pdf

From the Planning Explorer -

Application Number - 12F/1216
Site Address - The Rocket Trade Centre Site Bowring Park Road/ Jubilee Drive Liverpool L14 3NA
Proposal - To redevelop rocket trade centre site, demolish of all existing buildings and erection of 85 dwellings with associated parking and landscaping
Applicant - Bellway Homes (north west) Ltd

From here - http://northgate.liverpool.gov.uk/PlanningExplorer17/Generic/StdDetails.aspx?PT=Planning%20Applications%20On-Line&TYPE=PL/PlanningPK.xml&PARAM0=820733&XSLT=/PlanningExplorer17/SiteFiles/Skins/Liverpool_WIP/xslt/PL/PLDetails.xslt&FT=Planning%20Application%20Details&PUBLIC=Y&XMLSIDE=&DAURI=PLANNING

Anyone know where Parcel Force are moving their depot to?

There is a danger that some of these comments come across as being snobbish but I think most people would agree that the inner city areas need a greater mix of home owners, people with skilled jobs and more disposable income if they are to become sustainable again. For me that means attractive neighbourhoods with good schools, services, quality housing and interesting high streets. Maybe to kick things off there would need to be a financial incentive for people to invest in these areas?

Totally agree, these should of been three storey spacious houses with garages on the ground floor and a nice rear garden. Those houses look like council houses and will deter alot of people who can choose. This is another example of the council failing to ensure these developments provide decent high quality desirable homes.

Old Swan road works get underway

WORK was due to begin today on a £450,000 revamp of roads in the Old Swan area of the city.

The junction of Green Lane and Prescot Road will see traffic lights and street lamps upgraded, new pedestrian crossings installed and improvements to roads and pavements.

The work is expected to last up to six weeks – but city council bosses said they hoped the disruption would be “minimal”.

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/05/21/old-swan-road-works-get-underway-100252-31010369/#ixzz1vURqFjzs