Go-ahead for garden at former Royal Liverpool
A mini-Eden Project is to be created on land previously occupied by the hospital as part of the evolution of the 24-acre site.
Following Liverpool City Council’s decision to approve the initiative, Eden Project and contractor BAM UK will work together to deliver the garden, which is aimed at improving the wellbeing of patients at the new Royal Liverpool Hospital a short distance away.
Mark Gibson, Northern region director at BAM UK and Ireland, said: “Our collaboration with the Eden Project and our partnership with NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool allows us to create something truly special for the city.
“This project shows how natural landscapes can play a central role in improving health and wellbeing. Receiving planning approval marks an important step and we look forward to bringing this vision to life.”
Dan James, commercial director of Eden Project, said: “We’re delighted to see this project receive planning approval. We look forward to working with BAM and the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool to demonstrate how nature can play a central role in supporting health and wellbeing, creating spaces that are restorative, inclusive, and rich in biodiversity.”
A road through the site of the former hospital connecting the new one to Prescot Street has also been approved.
University Hospitals of Liverpool Group’s masterplan for the site, drafted by Ellis Williams Architects, sets out plans for various buildings where the now-demolished hospital once stood.
The largest development plot, at the centre of the site, is earmarked for the £500m Health Innovation Liverpool, which could transform the delivery of life sciences research and health service provision in the city and beyond.
Three more development plots fronting Prescot Road are also planned, with one earmarked for an “estates office and energy hub”.
A multi-storey car park, Maggie’s Cancer Centre, and a “plot for clinical expansion” are also proposed.
Other firms involved include BCA Landscape, Sutcliffe, Prime Transport Planning, and Hoare Lea. To learn more, search for reference number 25F/3545 on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal.
