Liverpool regeneration project reaches milestone moment
The local authority have begun the search for a development partner to help transform a prime waterfront spot.
On Tuesday 10th September a report is due to be sent to Cabinet recommending the council begin searching for a new development partner to lead on creating a new neighbourhood.
This is part of the city’s famous international festival gardens site, which was originally opened in May 1984.
The new project is comprised of a range of housing types including affordable ones, and local amenities. It will also be situated within 10-minutes of the city centre.
Likewise, the scheme, which is a flagship project outlined in the city’s draft housing strategy, will enhance natural surroundings and biodiversity.
Before the development could start properly, remediation works, which won a national brownfield award, have been going on at the festival gardens site and took three-year’s to complete. Experts moved almost 450,000 cubic metres of soil and waste of which more than 95% was recycled.
One hundred thousand cubic metres of earth was also used to create the city’s newest park – the Southern Grasslands which opened in August 2023.
Cllr Liam Robinson, leader of Liverpool City Council, said: ‘This is a major milestone moment in the evolution of the Festival Gardens site.
‘The appointment of a development partner will see the completion of the International Garden Festival initiative and marks the final chapter in a 40-year story of a site which originally covered 250 acres. It will also ensure that the UK’s only remaining Festival Gardens are preserved and enhanced for future generations to enjoy.
‘We know how well-loved this area is and want to make sure that we are doing as much as we can to ensure this prime waterfront land has the potential to be a flagship development that sets the standard for sustainable housing in the UK.
‘The extensive remediation work is another piece in the puzzle, and we’re now in a position to go out to the market and invite developers to share with us their viable vision which will be transformative for the area and the city as a whole.
‘It’s an incredibly exciting time and is the next step in making this in-demand, thriving community a reality.’
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