Wirral Waters gets £6m funding boost

The documents show the latest proposals for Everton’s 52,000-seat stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool, although the designs are understood to be subject to change ahead of a planning application later this year.

The developer behind the project has pledged environmental improvements will be at the heart of its proposals as it prepares to start the planning process, with Willmott Dixon on board to deliver the site’s Celtic Manor resort.

Wirral’s derelict Andrew Gibson House, a former care home for widows of seafarers, is set to be transformed into 34 homes while three apartment blocks are to be built on an adjacent plot under proposals designed by architect Space Plus.

Knowsley Council is set to formally sign off £8.2m to begin major public realm improvements and upgrades around Prescot train station along with walking and cycling routes to the £26m Shakespeare North theatre.

Peel L&P and Urban Splash have exchanged contracts for their £55m housing venture at Wirral Waters, bringing Splash’s modular homes concept to Merseyside for the first time.

Peel has said there is “still work to do” before construction work can begin on the first housing development at Wirral Waters which was given consent at the council’s planning committee last week.

The developers behind Sci-Tech Daresbury have started the search for a contractor to deliver the £13m Project Violet, the next phase of speculative development at the site in Cheshire.

Everton is holding the last of its consultation events over the coming days as it looks to gather public views on its new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock ahead of submitting a planning application next year.

Housing association Alpha Living is planning to start construction on the 78-apartment extra care development early next year after getting the go-ahead from Wirral planners.