Regeneration outside the city centre - Page 4

Fitzroy · March 17th, 2006, 10:33 AM

Graham Davies
[I]Daily Post

BOOTLE is experiencing a property boom with house prices rising faster than most places in the UK, experts revealed last night. The town, which gained a reputation for industrial decline and unemployment, has been placed 12th on a list of the country's property hotspots, compiled by the Halifax. Estate agents said families and young professionals were flocking to the area thanks to £600m of investment by the private and public sectors and its proximity to Liverpool.

Jeremy Clark, of Clark and Davidson estate agents, said: "The two things really driving this are the resurgence of Liverpool, its Capital of Culture status and the massive regeneration of Bootle, which is less than 10 minutes from the city centre. I have been in the business for 16 years, 10 of them in Bootle, and we've had the busiest January and February I can remember. Prices in some parts of the town have more than doubled in the last three years."

Regeneration and development company Evolve Neighbourhoods is pumping money into new housing in the town. The company, which plans to invest more than £35m in the area over five years, is providing three-storey family homes from £90,000, and refurbished apartments from £65,000. But Maria McQuirke, Evolve's neighbourhood director, said the scheme was not just about housing. She added: "Along with our partners and Sefton council, we're establishing a long-term base in the area and working with local people to create a neighbourhood that is clean, safe and well-managed. Bootle's had a bad reputation in the past but perceptions do change and people are starting to think differently about it now. All the properties we've sold to date have been snapped up within two months, with one sold before completion and two further flats reserved."

Bootle's regeneration includes a scheme by housing organisation New Heartlands, which plans to demolish and replace about 350 homes around Queens Road and Bedford Road. Two-up, two-down homes in the terraced Klondike estate will be bulldozed and replaced with a new canalside village, complete with more than 1,000 new homes, shops, community facilities and a church. Some people living in the regeneration zone are protesting against the demolitions, saying it would be better to leave their homes standing for possible refurbishment.

But New Heartlands says the homes are unfit for 21st century living and are unpopular with residents.

Awayo · March 17th, 2006, 12:05 PM

<clears throat> Ignoring my highly exciting Bootle projects thread, Fitzy (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=240643)? Harrumph!

Fitzroy · March 17th, 2006, 12:33 PM

No, I checked it out first but the story I posted seemed more about regeneration in the city region than individual Bootle projects.

Awayo · March 17th, 2006, 12:39 PM

Bah.

scouserdave · March 17th, 2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Awayo

Bah.

Bah! as in Wool Awayo?

Awayo · March 17th, 2006, 01:22 PM

Wool? Cheek of it! I'm plastic scouse, more like.

A grafitto in the waiting room of the Liverpool-bound platform at Formby railway station when I was teenager read "Formby is full of twats and plassy scousers." At the time, I had to agree with its sentiments.

scouserdave · March 17th, 2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Awayo

Wool? Cheek of it! I'm plastic scouse, more like.

A grafitto in the waiting room of the Liverpool-bound platform at Formby railway station when I was teenager read "Formby is full of twats and plassy scousers." At the time, I had to agree with its sentiments.

Slightly off subject, but the funniest graffiti I ever read was in a public bogs in Knowsley Village as a kid - "Gentlemen be seated and let the matter drop"

Getting back to Liverpool, I read this in the bogs at Butlins, Minehead when I worked there one summer - "Scouse Power" to which was written below - "I've seen more power in a glass of Andrew's Liver Salts"

gobshoite · March 19th, 2006, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by scouserdave

Slightly off subject, but the funniest graffiti I ever read was in a public bogs in Knowsley Village as a kid - "Gentlemen be seated and let the matter drop"

Getting back to Liverpool, I read this in the bogs at Butlins, Minehead when I worked there one summer - "Scouse Power" to which was written below - "I've seen more power in a glass of Andrew's Liver Salts"

The funniest (strangest) graffiti I ever saw was scratched on to the surface of a pub table in Dublin and read... Tony O'Leary shags protestant donkeys!

It got me thinking!

dups45 · March 21st, 2006, 01:25 PM

what is going on with the docklands, central docks and stanley docks, are they going to be redeveloped, if so, what are they going to be redeveloped into?

JUXTAPOL · March 22nd, 2006, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dups45

what is going on with the docklands, central docks and stanley docks, are they going to be redeveloped, if so, what are they going to be redeveloped into?

There is no definite proposals yet.

Stanley dock is planned to be restored for apartments/leisure/retail, but nothing definite happening.

Central docks owned by Peel who want to build residential/leisure also, but again no firm plans or announcements.

paulmac35 · March 22nd, 2006, 09:52 PM

That stanley dock proposal was first planned three years ago. i can't understand what the hold up is. it is a fine site and reputed to be the largest warehouse in the world. i think whoever took the bull by the horns and transformed it would make a financial killing. it would drag central Liverpool development further northwards where it is desparately needed.

Paul D · March 23rd, 2006, 11:37 AM

HOME shopping outfit QVC broke ground yesterday, marking the start of £20m construction work for a new warehouse and call centre at its Knowsley base.

The massive building works come just 10 years after the home shopping channel first chose Knowsley for its customer operations centre.

In 1996, QVC was available to just over 5m homes. Now more than 17m households - seven out of 10 of Britain's households - can receive the channel and sales have quadrupled.

In 1996, 3.6m parcels were shipped to customers. By 2005, this had grown to 11.5m parcels.

The new high-bay warehouse is the fifth phase of QVC's expansion in Knowsley and will double the amount of storage space available.

Mark Suckle, chief executive of QVC, said: "We believe top-quality customer service is the key to driving our business, and it is well trained people with good facilities, technology and support who deliver outstanding service. That's why we are investing in these new state of the art facilities which will allow us to excel at our processes and build the QVC of the future.

"In the fourth quarter of 2005, our busiest time of year, 1,700 people worked at Knowsley. Once this construction work is completed in 2007, we will create 700 new jobs at all levels over the next seven years."

Cllr Graham Morgan, deputy leader of Knowsley Council, said: "QVC is one of the largest investors in the borough and has made a major contribution to the economy of Knowsley.

"This expansion is great news for the borough's growth and development, and helps secure many more local jobs." The warehouse will be 37m high, fully automated and will hold 30,000 pallets, which would stretch from Knowsley to Chester City Centre if placed end-to-end.

The Customer Operations Centre occupies a 38-acre site at Knowsley Industrial Park North.

scouserdave · March 23rd, 2006, 12:01 PM

Regarding Stanley Dock, the Sunday Market can trade until August 2007. Will that affect the timescale of any current development plans or can the Council reneg on their decision and turf them out whenever they feel?

JUXTAPOL · March 23rd, 2006, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by scouserdave

Regarding Stanley Dock, the Sunday Market can trade until August 2007. Will that affect the timescale of any current development plans or can the Council reneg on their decision and turf them out whenever they feel?

I think there is plenty of work to carry out redeveloping the smaller surrounding dock buildings, to start the area off, and provide momentum for future developers to see the potential in tackling the massive Stanley warehouse. So i think the market will probably extend its time at Stanley Warehouse if anything. It would be great if the market was a part of the area after it was all regenerated.

L11_Red · March 24th, 2006, 04:08 PM

So then Stonebride Cross

Tesco's are now building up by the old Deysbrook barracks by Canny farm. Is there proposed store on the East lancs finished now? Are the plans for the area destroyed now with the tram?

Paul D · March 24th, 2006, 04:25 PM

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Is there proposed store on the East lancs finished now?

It's nowhere near starting yet because they are yet to relocate the local residents,stonebridge cross wont start for a good while yet.

L11_Red · March 25th, 2006, 01:32 AM

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It's nowhere near starting yet because they are yet to relocate the local residents,stonebridge cross wont start for a good while yet.

You the man in the know?

Any other news?

Paul D · March 25th, 2006, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by L11_Red

You the man in the know?

Any other news?

They had a grant to buy out the local residents but had a year to do it,you've guessed it the time ran out on the grant leaving a load of people in limbo surrounded by empty houses,some people had already bought other homes on the strength of this money to be left stranded in an impossible position.They are now trying to find more money to pay off the remaining residents before this project can move on.

Doug Roberts · April 19th, 2006, 07:46 PM

From tonights Echo, plans for a multi-million pound development in Runcorn, 450 flats alongside the Manchester Ship Canal. Developers Bryant Homes are calling the project The Deck and prices start from £90k to attract first time buyers.

I think these look good, ambitious for Runcorn, the article doesn't say if this plot of land is owned by Peel but most of the Ship Canal is.

JUXTAPOL · April 19th, 2006, 08:16 PM

They look good and in an impressive setting, more of this will do around Runcorn.

March 17th, 2006, 10:33 AM	#61
Fitzroy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Posts: 461 Likes (Received): 0	Bootle house price boom as £600m investment pays off Graham Davies [I]Daily Post BOOTLE is experiencing a property boom with house prices rising faster than most places in the UK, experts revealed last night. The town, which gained a reputation for industrial decline and unemployment, has been placed 12th on a list of the country's property hotspots, compiled by the Halifax. Estate agents said families and young professionals were flocking to the area thanks to £600m of investment by the private and public sectors and its proximity to Liverpool. Jeremy Clark, of Clark and Davidson estate agents, said: "The two things really driving this are the resurgence of Liverpool, its Capital of Culture status and the massive regeneration of Bootle, which is less than 10 minutes from the city centre. I have been in the business for 16 years, 10 of them in Bootle, and we've had the busiest January and February I can remember. Prices in some parts of the town have more than doubled in the last three years." Regeneration and development company Evolve Neighbourhoods is pumping money into new housing in the town. The company, which plans to invest more than £35m in the area over five years, is providing three-storey family homes from £90,000, and refurbished apartments from £65,000. But Maria McQuirke, Evolve's neighbourhood director, said the scheme was not just about housing. She added: "Along with our partners and Sefton council, we're establishing a long-term base in the area and working with local people to create a neighbourhood that is clean, safe and well-managed. Bootle's had a bad reputation in the past but perceptions do change and people are starting to think differently about it now. All the properties we've sold to date have been snapped up within two months, with one sold before completion and two further flats reserved." Bootle's regeneration includes a scheme by housing organisation New Heartlands, which plans to demolish and replace about 350 homes around Queens Road and Bedford Road. Two-up, two-down homes in the terraced Klondike estate will be bulldozed and replaced with a new canalside village, complete with more than 1,000 new homes, shops, community facilities and a church. Some people living in the regeneration zone are protesting against the demolitions, saying it would be better to leave their homes standing for possible refurbishment. But New Heartlands says the homes are unfit for 21st century living and are unpopular with residents.

April 19th, 2006, 07:46 PM	#79
Doug Roberts Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,668 Likes (Received): 6	Runcorn From tonights Echo, plans for a multi-million pound development in Runcorn, 450 flats alongside the Manchester Ship Canal. Developers Bryant Homes are calling the project The Deck and prices start from £90k to attract first time buyers. I think these look good, ambitious for Runcorn, the article doesn't say if this plot of land is owned by Peel but most of the Ship Canal is. __________________ Doug Roberts Try not. Do or do not, there is no try. Yoda

April 19th, 2006, 08:16 PM	#80
JUXTAPOL 800th birthday in 2007 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Liverpool Posts: 4,194 Likes (Received): 1	They look good and in an impressive setting, more of this will do around Runcorn. __________________ Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 London Olympic Hosts 2012 Moped....Do you like..Yesh..?

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March 17th, 2006, 12:05 PM	#62
Awayo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hrafenmeles Posts: 14,008 Likes (Received): 112	<clears throat> Ignoring my highly exciting Bootle projects thread, Fitzy (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=240643)? Harrumph!

March 17th, 2006, 12:33 PM	#63
Fitzroy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Posts: 461 Likes (Received): 0	No, I checked it out first but the story I posted seemed more about regeneration in the city region than individual Bootle projects.

March 17th, 2006, 12:39 PM	#64
Awayo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hrafenmeles Posts: 14,008 Likes (Received): 112	Bah.

March 17th, 2006, 01:22 PM	#66
Awayo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hrafenmeles Posts: 14,008 Likes (Received): 112	Wool? Cheek of it! I'm plastic scouse, more like. A grafitto in the waiting room of the Liverpool-bound platform at Formby railway station when I was teenager read "Formby is full of twats and plassy scousers." At the time, I had to agree with its sentiments.

March 21st, 2006, 01:25 PM	#69
dups45 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 586 Likes (Received): 0	what is going on with the docklands, central docks and stanley docks, are they going to be redeveloped, if so, what are they going to be redeveloped into?

March 22nd, 2006, 09:52 PM	#71
paulmac35 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Liverpool Posts: 2,244 Likes (Received): 0	That stanley dock proposal was first planned three years ago. i can't understand what the hold up is. it is a fine site and reputed to be the largest warehouse in the world. i think whoever took the bull by the horns and transformed it would make a financial killing. it would drag central Liverpool development further northwards where it is desparately needed.

March 23rd, 2006, 11:37 AM	#72
Paul D Phatang Phatang Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 11,662 Likes (Received): 325	HOME shopping outfit QVC broke ground yesterday, marking the start of £20m construction work for a new warehouse and call centre at its Knowsley base. The massive building works come just 10 years after the home shopping channel first chose Knowsley for its customer operations centre. In 1996, QVC was available to just over 5m homes. Now more than 17m households - seven out of 10 of Britain's households - can receive the channel and sales have quadrupled. In 1996, 3.6m parcels were shipped to customers. By 2005, this had grown to 11.5m parcels. The new high-bay warehouse is the fifth phase of QVC's expansion in Knowsley and will double the amount of storage space available. Mark Suckle, chief executive of QVC, said: "We believe top-quality customer service is the key to driving our business, and it is well trained people with good facilities, technology and support who deliver outstanding service. That's why we are investing in these new state of the art facilities which will allow us to excel at our processes and build the QVC of the future. "In the fourth quarter of 2005, our busiest time of year, 1,700 people worked at Knowsley. Once this construction work is completed in 2007, we will create 700 new jobs at all levels over the next seven years." Cllr Graham Morgan, deputy leader of Knowsley Council, said: "QVC is one of the largest investors in the borough and has made a major contribution to the economy of Knowsley. "This expansion is great news for the borough's growth and development, and helps secure many more local jobs." The warehouse will be 37m high, fully automated and will hold 30,000 pallets, which would stretch from Knowsley to Chester City Centre if placed end-to-end. The Customer Operations Centre occupies a 38-acre site at Knowsley Industrial Park North.

March 23rd, 2006, 12:01 PM	#73
scouserdave BANNED Join Date: May 2004 Location: Liverpool 6, Halewood, Cantril Farm, Luton ferfuxake! Posts: 2,763 Likes (Received): 0	Regarding Stanley Dock, the Sunday Market can trade until August 2007. Will that affect the timescale of any current development plans or can the Council reneg on their decision and turf them out whenever they feel?

March 24th, 2006, 04:08 PM	#75
L11_Red 77 78 81 84 05 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Liverpool naturally Posts: 103 Likes (Received): 0	So then Stonebride Cross Tesco's are now building up by the old Deysbrook barracks by Canny farm. Is there proposed store on the East lancs finished now? Are the plans for the area destroyed now with the tram?