Countryside picked for Wallasey homes
Wirral Council has selected the housebuilder to deliver 75 homes on the sites of the former town hall annexes off Brighton Street in Seacombe.
Countryside Properties will now set about drawing up plans for affordable homes on the two sites, which are a little over half an acre each. The buildings that previously occupied the plots were demolished in 2024 having been vacant since 2020.
Leader of Wirral Council Cllr Paula Basnett, said: “This development represents a major opportunity to bring new life into a key part of our borough and deliver the high-quality affordable homes local people desperately need.
“Across Wirral, demand for affordable housing continues to grow, particularly for affordable rented homes, with hundreds of families and residents currently in urgent housing need. That is why developments like this matter so much.”
Wirral Council estimates that a fully affordable housing scheme on the plots would have a GDV of between £18m and £24m, inclusive of VAT.
Initial design works show the possibility for buildings rising to four storeys but this could change following detailed design.
The redevelopment of the sites is being supported by £2.3m from the government’s Brownfield Land Release Fund.
I think we can see what’s coming here ie the most bland, boring, semis, and right next to a magnificent classic building.
An imaginative block of apartments, with some overlooking the river, would make more sense.
By Anonymous
Typical of Wirral Council to stumble from one mess to another.
Given they’re currently trying to sell the Town Hall as they can’t afford to run or fix it, they should be pausing this and working up a masterplan for the wider site that supports an active and viable use for the TH and compliments the Grade II* listed building, with suitable quality and density.
This just runs the risk of surrounding the TH with the modern version of Hatton’s 80s toytown houses over the water, for the sake of a bit of grant money.
By Anonymous
It’s good to see more brownfield land in the Wirral being brought forward for development, especially in such a prominent location overlooking the Mersey. However, schemes in locations like this arguably need to be far denser residentially to make the most of a prime waterfront setting and existing infrastructure.
While it’s encouraging that the Wirral is comfortably meeting its five-year housing land supply, sites of this quality should arguably play a stronger role in boosting overall delivery numbers and supporting wider regeneration ambitions. Higher-density housing here could help maximise brownfield capacity, reduce pressure on greenbelt land elsewhere, and create a more vibrant waterfront community..
By Billy Ward
No doubt these new buildings will be very square, very orange and very cheap, just like the one built on the historical Seacome Ferry site.
This council has no ambition and does not care about the historical aspect of Wallasey or the Wirral.
By Anonymous
Doesn’t sound like countryside at all. Sensible choice.
Let’s hope the housing is well designed with thoughts to the future heatwaves. Shutters should be built in.
By Fenix
I thought that new builds were excellent
I Thought new houses materials didn’t pay VAT.?
By Peter M Kane
More flats ? Dreary ones with not a single feature of local sandstone or interest ?
Create something to enhance the area and make sure the bins are not outside all week like the scruffs along the once attractive King Street.Bike rats,overflowing bins and truly ugly conversions by rubbishy landlords destroy that road,aim for style and a sense of history in anything new.
By Sam Batey
What classes as “affordable rent”£1000pcm is not affordable
By Anonymous
Yet another example of a waste of money
By Anonymous
What about a design competition?
By Anonymous