Liverpool lines up 10,000-home Pumpfields vision

Can have all the SPD’s in the world but they can’t seem to attract decent investmemt to save their lives.

I haven`t seen any work starting on the Metalworks site, but Legacie are ploughing ahead with their Gateway scheme, meanwhile nothing has happened with Nextdom`s proposals, and nothing is occuring with any of the Sourced Developments sites. The frustration is that this area has such great potential but we need some big-hitters on board to make it happen, furthermore isn`t this the best time to communicate with the Metro Mayor as a station at Vauxhall would seem a no-brainer if such a population boost happens,

It seems that the new leader is getting around to unwinding the damage the last Council’s tall building policy has done…although let’s wait for the details.

This will certainly be very dense and Built up.
What can we expect multiple high rises and a mixture of medium rises containing European style large apartments with commercial properties beneath them, all in all a great opportunity exists here.

If we are to have medium and high rises, then the apartments must be of generous proportions, i.e. of a size and design to cope with a 4 person family, e.g. prams, bikes, somewhere for laundry and to study/WFH.

Otherwise we’re just creating modern slums for a fast buck.

The guys from IPG have a large chunk of this area around Naylor St, Oriel Street and Paul Street. Phase 1 is near completion and they are out of the ground for Phase 2. Phase 3 and 4 are with the BSR

This needs to be a well integrated extension of the city centre, with tree lined streets and squares so all residents can benefit from greenery. River end should consist of a number well designed signature towers from 30 to 40 storeys and mansion blocks and town houses towards Scotland Road to offer a good residential mix which helps to create a long term sustainable neighbourhood. Ideally parts of the tunnel approach would be covered over with a park and to help integrate the other side to aid more regeneration and access for existing residents. Were possible existing buildings of architectural merit and history should be retained. This could be an amazing area if done right.

Don’t ‘file’ it. Just get on with it.

@GetItBuilt! I too had the idea of covering the tunnel over. its such an ugly scar on the city and takes up far too much land. had too much of an impact on the area.
Covering as much for as possible with a public park is an excellent idea.

There are some very, er, ‘interesting’ land owners in that part of town. Some well-enforced CPOs may be required, if you follow my drift.

100 million people in Britain by 2050,skyscrapers are the only viable option

Shame can’t be green space, like most of liverpool now, hardly any grass or trees, any small areas of green space being used to constantly build more +more house,flats, etc.
This is going to be built up, 10,000 homes!.
Isn’t liverpool over crowded enough?.

A chance to create a new neighbourhood as a natural extension of the city centre, but will need sympathetic masterplanning.

@ Oct 19, 9.19pm , you think Liverpool is overcrowded but did you know that the population of the City of Liverpool at it`s height in the 1940s was almost 900,000 whereas now it`s just under 500,000. Like Manchester , who also have lost a lot of citizens since the 1940s, we have to re-populate and they are building high-density in their inner city and we should be doing the same here. We have plenty of greenspace in this city and Everton Park is a massive area for people and recreation which is not far from the Leeds Street area, don`t forget too greenspaces need maintaining and Liverpool Council is not very good at that due to financial constraints and bringing more people into the city brings more council tax plus spending in shops and bars.

“Isn’t Liverpool crowded enough”. The head article picture is literally a sea of surface car parking. Liverpool is a long, long way from being over-populated what a ridiculous comment.

It may seem over-crowded because traffic congestion is bad (show me a successful city where it isn’t). But cars are so useless for urban transit and take up so much room that they could cause traffic congestion even in a sparsely-populated area.

Why are the council repeatedly knocking back planning applications in the 10 Streets area? Very inconsistent policies and questions need answering.

The potential for this area and Liverpool in general is staggering. Acres of Dock land and post industrial brownfields are ripe for redevelopment in vibrant city with amazing architecture. However, we desperately need better paid jobs for people to afford these new homes, the council should be pulling out all the stops to attract business here and I don’t see that happening right now.