Liverpool explores meanwhile use for vacant Anfield plot
A site next to Liverpool FC’s stadium known as Anfield Square is to be activated in the short term while longer term plans for a mixed-use scheme that “maximises both employment and community benefits” are worked up.
Liverpool City Council will next week provide an update to its cabinet on plans to redevelop Anfield Square, a 2.5-acre site off Walton Breck Road.
Various options are being considered that would see the site activated in the short term “from a partnership with Liverpool FC to independent LCC-led initiatives,” according to a cabinet report.
The authority’s Anfield Spatial Regeneration Framework refers to the site as “a significant development opportunity capable of accommodating a range of uses to improve the vibrancy and economic potential of the area”.
In early 2023, a team of consultants was assembled to prepare a development brief for the site.
The long-term plan for the site, according to a cabinet report, is to deliver a project that “integrates leisure and entertainment uses, including food and beverage offerings relevant for both community and stadium needs”.
The city council also recognises the site’s challenges due to its “location, size, and ground constraints”.
The report adds the city council “is committed to development of Anfield Square” and that more detail on the long-term future of the site are expected early next year.
The update on Anfield Square formed part of a larger report that outlined recent progress and thinking around the wider Anfield area.
Pipeline projects include a £5m scheme to upgrade streets, including Walton Breck Road, and the redevelopment of Hodder Street and the former Four Oaks school site. The council is preparing to engage with the market around plans to bring forward homes on the plot.
In addition, proposals for a retail scheme on a site opposite Anfield Square – described as “a pivotal component of the Anfield Regeneration Programme” – are also in the works.
