Everton pushes for more concerts at Hill Dickinson

Liverpool has a thriving visitor economy and now a world class stadium close to the city centre, it’s clear that this USP requires being built upon…of course more events should be allowed, win win all round. Great for the city.

Seems a no brainer that it should be approved quickly before the big artists go to Manchester

This will mean that the Everton Stadium will be used 12 months of the year, and why not it’s a great asset. Not that long ago the Mayor was trying to justify his disinterest in building another Merseyrail station at Vauxhall, saying there’s no justification as the stadium is only used 19 times a year. He failed to account for any extra games in the FA Cup or Carabao Cup, any Rugby matches played, and now potentially 8 huge concerts plus lots of medium and smaller events.
Once this becomes a regular occurrence we should see more hotel and bar developments in that immediate location.

Dear Dan
Presumably you are referring to application 26F/2362 which was published on Friday (but only appeared fleetingly on the weekly list yesterday – something wrong there planning office!). However, it can be found by searching at
https://liverpool.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/search-and-track-planning-applications/search-for-planning-applications/
This proposal states “Planning application to vary condition 36 attached to planning ref 20F/0001 as amended by 22NM/0999 and 23NM/1137 “. The document “Planning-Statement-Addendum” gives the current and proposed/applied for Condition 36.
Currently this limits the stadium to holding no more than 4 non-football events – which included the 2 rugby events in July {or did this count as 3?}.
The proposal is for 8 non-sporting events (e.g. concerts) – this is effectively more than a doubling of the number of music events per year.
Of course the club might say that because the rugby league weekend involved 6 games with smaller numbers attending each match so this weekend did not contribute to the current allocation of 4 non-football events. However, the impact over that weekend on the local community and businesses was still significant.
Shouldn’t the condition 36 be changed from “at full capacity within the stadium” to state “events that result in any complete road closures”?
There was no real local consultation when the HDS was first approved and apparently no attempt to assess the impact on businesses from Leeds Street up the A565 to above Sandhills Lane. How much more damage and inconvenience is this proposal going to inflict on Waterfront North and parts of Vauxhall?
Yes, cultural businesses – other entertainment and music venues, bars and food establishments – probably benefit from the HDS but don’t ignore other types of business (e.g. retail, wholesale, creatives, beauty and car showrooms).

Ideal place for concerts – a simple walk down the river from the current M&S Bank arena, and high capacity for buses and eventually trams down the Dock Rd / Gt Howarth Street

Unlike Anfield, Hill Dickinson would not disrupt the residential community.

What about the impact on business in the are due to road closures and loss of revenue

A lot potential for this area we just need the local Labour party and Merseyside born PM to make it happen

Re Anonymous 10:19
What buses – on event days there are none apart from “soccer buses” running through Waterfront North.
In fact apart from the poor service on Vauxhall Road there’s no local transport provision between Scotland Road and the Mersey.
Great real

@10.07am, what do you think happens when big events happen at Twickenham, Wembley, new Spurs Stadium, Cardiff Principality Stadium, yes there is disruption and road closures just like at Bramley Moore Dock. It’s what happens when you get something exciting taking place in your locality, like the London Marathon. Liverpool Central North Docks and the Ten Streets have been in decline for decades and now is the chance to bring new life and economic benefit to the area,look at the new bars and businesses on the dock road. There will always be locals making objections and who don’t like change, especially here in Liverpool,but let’s celebrate the new stadium and the optimistic future it will bring.

Well the big artists defo to Anfield also and have done

Should be upping it to at least 12 events if Spurs can host 30, why can’t HDS?

Don’t suppose any variation could be made conditional on EFC contributing to the hugely improved Sandhills/transport infrastructure that LCC and LCRCA forgot to ask about or plan for as part of the original consent?

Seems an absurdly low figure even if the increase is allowed. The stadium can act as the catalyst for wider opportunities for regeneration and future growth in that part of the city and needs to be maximised.

Thanks for the remarkable insight that Spurs have up to 30 non-football events allowed a White Heart Lane, what an advantage that is. Also thoughtful that Man City have a fast developing entertainment district that is well connected, without too many local trade-offs, and a local authority that well disposed to maximise it’s potential. Clearly Man Utd are trying to get on this strategy in a big way. Feels like Everton has window, especially before the dock waterside gets built out with more housing to build out an entertain platform. I hope LCC don’t shoot themselves in the foot.

Only a red would reject this application, let’s see who the planning office prefer. From a Boltonian.

Everton fans have moaned all season about how bad the transport links are for people who know the city. Imagine that bad image being cast across people who do not know the city. Never mind the year round impact this will have on the local businesses who will suffer. Full reassesment of the impact on the community should form part of the LPA response.

I do enjoy the talk about adding a new railway station to serve HDS as Sandhills is like half a km away, and there’s nowhere else a new railway station could go in that area in any case.

Can fully understand concerns of existing businesses in that area about road closures outside of what they currently have to deal with. Yes they could plan for days with closures in place but dependent upon their business they may need greater flexibility and could lose trade, contracts, customers (to take a negative spin on it).

Loved it for rugby league. Seems a good idea to allow more uses

How many football clubs have a major A-road between their ground and the main public transport option?
Just talk to the match stewards about the complexity of managing match grounds leaving the HDS – better still come and watch! [Why hasn’t any of the press done a serious piece on this?]
I have nothing against Everton (I think they didn’t choose the HDS location) in fact my father-in-law was a lifelong supporter but don’t think that much of the extra money the club might make from extra events will go into the city economy. They want the money to be able to buy more expensive players – so the money even go out of the UK.
Now if Everton was to give the city money to help build the needed new station closer to the stadium that would be really appreciated by the local community.

Impossible to get out onto road when anything on at Hill Dickinson. Road closures 3 hrs before and 2 hrs after match and they stay shut between these times. Supporters walking in road or refusing to let you drive out out of apartment block because they dont care . Yeah ! Its become really great living around here now NOT.