Liverpool launches town centres commission

The council will ask the people of Kirkby for their suggestions on a revamped town centre, after residents group Vision Kirkby drew up a detailed proposal that objected to further housing.

The developer has acquired 12 Hanover Street, a five-storey, grade two-listed building, for around £4m with a view to creating what it claims would be the city’s first five-star hotel.

A petrol station and three drive-through restaurants are set to form part of the wider East Maghull development, according to the latest plans from Blackburn-based Euro Garages Group.

The latest application in the 1,500-home East Halewood urban extension in Knowsley proposes 413 homes across two plots, of 10 and 30 acres.

Wirral Growth Company, a joint venture between the council and Muse Developments, has been given the go ahead for a £1bn project to regenerate Birkenhead town centre with planning applications for the commercial district expected this June.

Orbit Investments has been granted consent for a 100,000 sq ft industrial development made up of 15 units, and is set to start on site after Easter.

The Wirral-based contractor has acquired a 0.6-acre plot on Conway Street in Birkenhead town centre for a sum believed to be around £2m and will construct a seven-storey apartment block made up of 132 apartments with a start on site expected in May.

The company has been appointed as Everton Football Club’s preferred contractor for its 52,000-seater stadium on Liverpool’s waterfront.

Wirral Council has approved a £30m residential scheme in Rock Ferry, and has issued a call for brownfield sites to be brought forward as part of the Local Plan "to help protect Wirral's green belt".