Wirral takes local plan to next stage
A public consultation on the 15-year strategy, aimed at guiding the delivery of 13,360 homes, will run for the next six weeks.
Wirral’s local plan, which once adopted will be in place until 2037, proposes no Green Belt release and focuses on the regeneration of the east of the borough around Birkenhead.
The proposals set out in the draft local plan “will transform the LeftBank area, addressing several decades of decline and the existing social and economic deprivation”, according to the council.
Around 8,000 of the 13,360 homes required during the plan period could be delivered as part of the £1bn regeneration of Birkenhead town centre, and Peel L&P and Wirral Council’s 500-acre docklands mixed-use scheme Wirral Waters.
Read more about Wirral’s plans for Birkenhead.
Alan Evans, Wirral Council’s director of regeneration and place, said: “Following the initial consultation, when there was widespread opposition to Green Belt release and a desire to focus on urban regeneration, we have used this opportunity to focus on major regeneration across Wirral’s LeftBank to help us achieve our housing and other development needs.”
As well as homes, the regeneration of Birkenhead town centre features plans for 1.4m sq ft of commercial space.
At Wirral Waters, the council and Peel L&P are hoping to deliver 13,000 across the 20-year lifespan of the project, as well as the 1m sq ft MEA Park industrial scheme also features within plans for Wirral Waters.
