Regeneration outside the city centre

[Liverpool8]

Christmas has come early for contractors specialising in locating red brick walls, flower beds and dwarf conifers in busy urban environments. I can't wait to see how far £100 million goes. It's all about impression management, I guess. Some bank accounts will be experiencing bigger impressions than others. Do I sound cynical? Sorry.

[Pietari]

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Business park go-ahead as EU cash aid confirmed Jul 12 2006

By Tony Mcdonough Deputy Business Editor, Daily Post

A HUGE £29m business park planned for the edge of St Helens town centre will go ahead after the approval of £1.2m of European funding.

The development could create up to 2,000 jobs, English Partnerships' Lea Green Farm West development will create around 280,000 sq ft of commercial and industrial units, which should be completed by 2015.

Lea Green Farm West is south of St Helens town centre and next to the A570, which is the main road link to the M62.

It will have a new access through land belonging to the Langtree Group, which will enter into a joint venture agreement with English Partnerships.

Eliot Lewis-Ward, area director for English Partnerships, said: "We're investing up to £6.4m of national coalfields programme funding on a joint venture basis with the Langtree Group to bring the site forward, which will benefit local people through job opportunities and fill the gap in terms of much needed business development space."

Confirmation of a £1.2m investment from the Merseyside Objective 1 programme means that work can now start.

The director of the Merseyside Objective 1 programme, Richard Nutter, said: "There is strong demand for space in St Helens but companies need suitable premises if they are to locate to the area.

"This project will help to make sure that happens by providing the right premises in the right place and at the right time."

The leader of St Helens council, Brian Spencer, said the go-ahead for the scheme could encourage firms from outside to invest millions of pounds in the borough.

He added: "This is a key component in our regeneration portfolio and will provide an exciting new opportunity to invest in our borough.

"The new development will also incorporate the Merseytravel Job Links bus service network and the Employment Link cycle network being developed by St Helens Council to ensure that job opportunities on the site are accessible by all members of the local community."

tonymcdonough@dailypost.co.uk
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More possitive investment.

[Paul D]

City demolition masterplan is given go-ahead

DESIGN watchdogs have withdrawn objections to Liverpool's house clearance programme.

The government's Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment opposed the council's plan to bulldoze 3,000 homes in Anfield, Breckfield, Wavertree and Edge Hill.

Experts were concerned the plans would not improve the areas.

But the council has now agreed to set up a design panel including representatives from Cabe and English Heritage before issuing planning permission for new houses. It will also submit a detailed plan to the new body.

Cabe's director of design review Selina Mason said: "It would have been better if the council had insisted on a masterplan in the first place.


"A lot still remains to be done in Liverpool and Cabe will be closely monitoring the process."

[Dreamer]

Terrible shame as LCC have failed again in saving and making/improving decent homes instead of knocking them down. So say hello to cheap and shitty looking houses, which say council all over them

[tommygunn]

I am confused as to why the houses in Norris green and croxteth are not getting rebuilt.These houses do need knocking down they are of no historic importance but are just left.

[Liverpool8]

I went for a bike ride around Anfield a few weeks ago. It really is in a bad way, especially the streets between Walton Breck Road & Robson Street. They can give the Welsh Streets a run for their money any time in terms of dereliction.

[Paul D]

1,200 jobs hope at £20m centre

UP TO 1,200 jobs could be created in Knowsley, the ECHO can reveal.

Talks are under way with a potential investor and the jobs boom could be confirmed before Christmas.

Wilmslow-based developer Patrick Properties and fellow developer LNC is behind the £20m Galaxy distribution centre which has recently completed construction on Kirkby's Knowsley Industrial Park amonth ahead of schedule.

It has been purpose-built to suit the needs of the most modern distribution operators and Patrick managing director Andrew Dickman revealed two international companies are already negotiating a 10-year lease on the massive development which is the size of five football pitches.

He said: "We are talking to two companies, both international players and both for the whole building.


"Normally a building this size would support about 500 jobs, but one operator we are talking to is speaking about 1,200 jobs, all new."


He said the marketing drive for a tenant began eight weeks ago: "We did roadshows in London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool, helped by Knowsley council's team."


He revealed that Galaxy, which created 580 construction jobs during its eight-month build, could alternatively be used as a manufacturing centre: "One potential inward investor we have flirted with from Europe is a manufacturer."


He said one reason they chose Knowsley to develop Galaxy was the abundance of skills: "Wedid our research and Knowsley ticked all the boxes. The labour dynamics here are good."


Galaxy, in Acornfield Road, is an amalgamation of some of the most advanced techniques for distribution centres in the US and UK.


It has 24 loading bays on both sides of the building. The warehousing is totally secureand there is an option to replicate the existing 10,000 sq ft of office space.


More than 300 car parking spaces have been provided alongside Galaxy which is a 1km walk around the building perimeter.

[L11_Red]

Stondebridge cross

It seems Tescos are no longer building on the Stonebridge Inn and the land is back up for sale by the council.

My conspiracy version is tha ttescos want to build Everton's new ground in Knowsley so have been f***** off by Liverpool council??

[paulmac35]

Originally Posted by L11_Red

Stondebridge cross

It seems Tescos are no longer building on the Stonebridge Inn and the land is back up for sale by the council.

My conspiracy version is tha ttescos want to build Everton's new ground in Knowsley so have been f***** off by Liverpool council??

i think u might be right. and as usual, the residents around there are left in limbo living amongst tinned up properties with no end in sight. and to think there are some who think that we have a very good cooperative relationship between the councils here. yeah right! if ever you wanted proof that having all these artificial self important boroughs (Knowsley, sefton) competeting with each other for major projects/developments is a hinderence, then this is it. Q.E.D.

[Scarecrow]

We're still waiting (10 years now) for a Tesco on Hawthorne Rd in Litherland.

[Tony Sebo]

there is a strange development taking place in Huyton Village.

5t is purely a retail development, but they have laid it out along a 'street pattern'.. all shite stuff... not worth rushing out to see it... will get some pics if anybody is desperate!

[Scarecrow]

I guess it's a Co-Op with Spar/Wangs Chippy type stuff attached?

[JUXTAPOL]

Originally Posted by Tony Sebo

there is a strange development taking place in Huyton Village.

5t is purely a retail development, but they have laid it out along a 'street pattern'.. all shite stuff... not worth rushing out to see it... will get some pics if anybody is desperate!

Is that the stuff on Lathom road on the site of the old ASDA. Is basic yellow/brown brick retail boxes.

[Tony Sebo]

yes, it also takes the site of the 70s' library.

[bustcapl]

Finally after whingeing like a bitch about this it seems good progress is finally being made... maybe doug could do an extended trip next time and get a few photos of this.

This will be a real plus for the area when complete and wavertree will have its own little sports village.

[aj1977]

Originally Posted by Tony Sebo

there is a strange development taking place in Huyton Village.

5t is purely a retail development, but they have laid it out along a 'street pattern'.. all shite stuff... not worth rushing out to see it... will get some pics if anybody is desperate!

Think there's going to be a big 'New Look' there and a few other shops. Not much to get excited about.

[Paul D]

Originally Posted by bustcapl

Finally after whingeing like a bitch about this it seems good progress is finally being made... maybe doug could do an extended trip next time and get a few photos of this.

This will be a real plus for the area when complete and wavertree will have its own little sports village.

I want a swimming baths with water slides and a wave pool built like they have at Europa pools in Birkenhead,you shouldn't have to travel to something like that it pisses me off.

[Pietari]

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Norris Green gives old image the boot Sep 13 2006

By NICK COLIGAN, Liverpool Echo

BURNT out houses and derelict streets are being exchanged for trendy kitchens and lounges.

The new look - and new name - for Liverpool's notorious Boot estate is finally being unveiled.

A developer will officially launch three showhomes on the fringes of the near-derelict Norris Green neighbourhood, months after building work started.

And it hopes to shake off the Boot's reputation for decay and deprivation by christening the new estate "Ellergreen", the same as a nearby community centre.

Long-suffering residents have already had a sneak preview of two showhomes, which were finished some time ago.

But the third - a three-bedroom detached house - will be the most common design on the new estate's first phase.

Builders have now begun constructing 104 properties for sale, starting at £110,000, and 90 rented Cobalt housing properties. The first few should be ready by Christmas.

Later phases of the 640-home development will then begin.

Steve Barber, from developer New City Vision, said: "It is well-documented that the project has taken years to get over a set of obstacles.

"But now we have started full construction works, it is moving at a fast pace.

"The homes for rent have been prioritised for people who used to live in the immediate area previously. The homes for sale are aimed at a wide range of people, including first-time buyers.

"The first houses are now appearing and roofs will be going on shortly. They will be completed before Christmas, but final moving-in dates depend on access and utility issues.

"We decided to give residents the final choice on the new name, and we think people liked Ellergreen because it already has a local identity and signifies a new start."

Boot residents, who are surrounded by burnt-out, boarded-up houses, today praised the new designs, but demanded to know when properties would be ready.

Jane Canning, of Glassenby Crescent, said: "They are nice designs, but where are the houses? I am not bothered about looking at them yet.

"So many people have waited so long for a new home and I am watching them pass away one by one.

"I like the new name, but I would have called it 'Never Never Land'."

The last plan to rebuild the Boot estate collapsed four years ago, leaving hundreds of families in horrendous living conditions.

Cllr Marilyn Fielding, executive member for housing, said: "I am delighted that residents are finally able to get a glimpse of these high-quality homes.

"But we are aware that people have been waiting for several years and aim to make sure the properties are completed as quickly as possible."

[Liverpool8]

Mmmmmm


Ellergreen? Not sure than one works. Unintentionally it lets the cat out of the bag:

Hell Green. Well, maybe it will be different now.

[aj1977]

It also sounds like 'Ellgren', a company that makes rugby shirts!