Plans in for Peel’s Liverpool Central Park
Located within the Central Docks neighbourhood, the 4.7-acre park is a key part of the developer’s £5bn Liverpool Waters masterplan.
Planit-IE designed the park for Peel L&P. If approved by Liverpool City council, Central Park will have gardens, sports areas and spaces geared towards supporting local wildlife. Creating the park would involve planting more than 1,000 trees.
“This is a very exciting moment for Liverpool Waters as the submission of this planning application is critical to the development of Central Docks,” said Chris Capes, Peel L&P’s development director for Liverpool Waters.
“These proposals are significant for Liverpool and the North West, and will enable the development of the whole neighbourhood over the next ten years,” Capes continued. “At the same time, we are setting a quality benchmark for all new public realm in later phases of Liverpool Waters.”
CGI of a proposed meadow at Central Park. Credit: via Peel L&P
The park’s proposals include a more than 5,000 sq ft children’s play area and a 3,600 sq ft community garden.
In addition to nearly 27,000 sq ft of open parkland, there would be wetland and coastal woodland planting. Peel’s proposals also include plans for a toilet block and three shelters with seating.
More than just a park, the submitted planning application also calls for new infrastructure for car, cycling and pedestrian travel ways, including two bridges. These streets would have rain gardens and footpaths.
CGI showing the wet woodland area of Central Park. Credit: via planning documents
“We want the Central Docks neighbourhood to be a sustainable location that the local community are proud of, where they want to enjoy and spend time and where they can feel Liverpool’s connection to its industrial dockland heritage,” Capes said.
The delivery of the park and infrastructure will enable the rest of the Central Docks’ plan to be implemented, according to Capes. These broader plans include more than 1.7m sq ft of office floor space and more than 2.5m sq ft of residential floor space.
Capes said: “If planning is granted by the Local Planning Authority, delivery of the park and strategic infrastructure will enable the delivery of the individual development plots within Central Docks over the next 10 years.”
The River Walk around Central Park. Credit: via planning documents
In addition to being landscape architect, Planit-IE is the masterplanner and urban designer for Central Park. Arup is the planning consultant for the project, while Walker Sime is the project manager.
John Sisk is the infrastructure and design engineer, Curtins is the civils and structures engineer, and Hannan’s is the MEP engineer. Civic Engineers is the transport consultant.
Hatch is the consultant for social value, while Safer Sphere is the expert for CDM. RSK Group is the ecology, air quality, and noise consultant. Pell Frischmann is the water protection and land contamination consultant.
Rob Burns is providing heritage consultancy services. Social is leading on consultation and engagement.
The application’s reference number with Liverpool City Council is 22RM/2384.
Looking forward to this and the further development of the LW’s site.
By Liverpolitis
This looks good and will make the area more appealing to new residents. I assume that no tree will be taller than 30 feet so as not to upset local campaigners or residents at Waterloo Warehouse?
By Sceptical
As a Liverpool resident it would be refreshing to have a short time period between the application and start on site . It often feels like Peel are good at kicking the can along for LW lets get this started . With the world class stadium for Everton taking shape within the LW footprint this park would be a serious statement of intent . Ps can we have the cruise liner terminal please
By Paul M - Woolton
Looks absolutely stunning .
By Anonymous
Looks great, and suitable level of ambition as far I can tell from the above. Hope Peel can be a bit more ambitious then historically with getting the development around it built – come on Peel, we’re gunning for you!!
By Please Build Me
Talk talk and more talk
By Eric
I will eat a very large hat if Peel ever get around to starting this environmental scheme, let alone finish it. But I must say, it looks fantastic.
By Old Hall Street
Been worth the wait if all goes to plan. Now needs to start, sooner rather than later.
By Local Resident
Great plan.
Can we please now have a plan to stop all the scallies spoiling everything in Liverpool.
Liverpool is a great city….but anti social behaviour soils everything.
By John h
Let’s face it, this is less a proposal and more a prospectus for government funding.
By Anonymous
Great idea thought there were plans to have a park and walk ways right along the liverpool dock area all the way to seaforth , if that was all landscaped it would be fantastic for visitors and walking groups, challenging project.
By Anonymous
Looks good to incorporate somthing like the Black Country museum would be fantastic and great for young and old to see how life was back in the day great tourist attraction .. I would like to see more for young people to do it’s all bases round drinking and bar after bar . A permanent ice rink or roller blade rink maybe ..
By D
Great news for the ten streets area. Looks like the place to be over the next 5 years!
By Anonymous
Looks great but Peels record of delivering nothing but bland buildings makes me doubt that this will happen.
By Anonymous
All these parks seem great idea at the time – but who will be responsible for long term maintenance?
By Anonymous
Hope Anglers will be allowed to fish along the new prom stretches
By David Irvine
Great! Always said Liverpool should have a major park area like NYC
By Sue
It looks good on paper but can they deliver ,why not work with the council and build a Cruise Terminal that is much needed ,which I might add that is 15 years old and still operating out of a tent
By Loki
Great plan for the waterfront … but what anout something for the kids ..ice rink , roller rink or youth centres where they go instead of hanging round the streets
By Anonymous
I love it.
By Anonymous
Lets hope like central.park NYC there are aesthetically interesting buildings reflecting Liverpool.great Maritime heritage etc instead of the usual.monotone tower boxes weve come to sadly expect . We should have beautiful.buildings reflecting really interesting design and access statements in the new Tall.buildungs SPD. Subjective or obvious that we simply dont need more monotone boring towers overwhelming entire areas for gross value and yields innit
By Anonymous
Hope there is some waterfront parking to enable people with walking difficulties to sit in their car and watch the river traffic.
By M.Neal
I love it but I think calling it Central Park is misleading/cheesy. 4.7 acres is nothing.
By Anonymous
Yes Peel we know how good you are at planning applications… it’s the skill of “turning them into reality” you seem to lack
By Michael Paul
PEEL trying to win over Liverpool Council with plans for inner city park whilst determined to destroy the beautiful Rimrose Valley Park .Shameful !
By Kath
Peels port should be stopping the a main road going through RIMROSE VALLEY especially their ok saving south Liverpool but not Sefton where our ecology is just as important
By Anonymous
There are at least 10 years of Liverpool’s development champions being fooled by what turns out to be nothing more than CGI.
And if only I was referring to Peel’s skyscrapers!
In this instance, given the Rimrose Valley situation, I will reserve my judgment until this is built.
And, it can only be in addition to a tunnel under the Rimrose Valley, not instead of.
By Jeff
Also, at under 5 acres, this isn’t at all big despite the fuzzy pictures and grandiose name.
Birkenhead park is 140 acres. Sefton park twice that. Rimrose Valley obviously much more.
This is a five minute walk end to end.
Glad to have it as part of a housing estate, sure. But not as a PR sop.
By Jeff
This project sounds so exciting and innovative, encompassing all
that is good about urban planning. I sincerely hope the city council welcomes these plans. This area is ripe for development and it is vital for the future of our great city.
By Dorothy Freeman
This needs to be integrated into the route from Everton Stadium back into the city centre. That would help quell the fears some have about the number of pedestrian routes to and from the new stadium.
By Bradman
As per previous posts,why would this small park need to be a route to the Everton stadium ? there`s plenty of other means to access it, also why would a youth centre be required here or a skate park. Can`t we just have a nice relaxing park for people to sit or stand and watch the scenes on the river, without bikes, skateboards and the likes.
By Anonymous
What a beautiful complement this will be to the waterfront
By Anonymous
This is a fairly large garden not a park by any means !
By Anonymous
So this is why the old Dock Road hasn’t been considered as an alternative option for carrying the lorries away from the docks. Shame on you Peel L&P
By J.T. Sefton resident