Knowsley moves to demolish vacant office building
Proposals to tear down the 11,473 sq ft block off Huyton Hey Road form part of the council’s £123m strategy to transform Huyton town centre.
Knowsley Council is moving forward with its masterplan for the area’s redevelopment with its plans to demolish the four-storey, former council office building. Huyton Hey Building was vacated in June and has been left in a “state of disrepair”, according to a design and access statement.
The Huyton Hey Building is not the only one to be razed as part of the 10-year town centre redevelopment programme. Work has already begun on the demolition of an array of other council-owned buildings, including the nearby Yorkon building and The Venue, a former events space off Civic Way.
In their place, the council and development partner Genr8 Kajima Regeneration will create a commercial district in Huyton that will feature a hotel, workspace, and homes set around a new village green.
Other elements of the masterplan include improvements to Derby Road and the station gateway.
Derby Road would become the focal point for the town centre with the demolition of a multi-storey car park proposed to pave the way for a mixed-use leisure development, while the redevelopment of the rail gateway would feature a new health and wellbeing hub.
5plus Architects is leading on building design and OPEN is the landscape architect for the town centre masterplan.
To learn more about the Huyton Hey Building demolition plans, search for application number 23/02650/KMBC1 on Knowsley Council’s planning portal.
Should be listed. It’s a brutalist masterpiece.
By Anonymous
Things need to change in Huyton as the town centre needs proper planning with new roads, more residential, quality landscaping. This demolition will mean things will get worse before it gets better, and hopefully they’ll have the funding in place to complete the masterplan.
By Anonymous