Wirral to adopt 2,000-home Woodside and Wallasey masterplans
Multi-storey car parks and hotels could also be delivered under plans to revitalise two chunks of the peninsula’s waterfront.
Together, the two masterplans set out a vision for 2,000 homes. Wirral Council will next week adopt the masterplans for Woodside and the area around Wallasey Town Hall that will underpin the future regeneration of the areas.
The council’s Woodside vision is for a “mixed-use cultural riverside quarter with a range of superb visitor attractions”.
In addition, the plan aims to take advantage of Woodside’s geography and position it as “the focal point to the unique views of Liverpool’s skyline”. The masterplan describes Woodside as the Brooklyn to Liverpool’s New York.
The Woodside masterplan, drawn up by BDP, features proposals for 1,700 homes, at least two hotels, 120,000 sq ft of commercial space, and major tourist and cultural attraction centred around the historic German U-534 submarine.
The masterplan aspiration is underpinned by £23m investment being injected into the area through the Levelling Up and Town Deal funds.
The largest single development plot within the masterplan area is Woodside Business Park, owned by Peel Waters, according to the masterplan.
In the centre of Wallasey, Wirral Council wants to see the area around the town hall regenerated into a residential quarter.
A masterplan drawn up by Halsall Lloyd Partnership for the council and Magenta Living – which has significant land holdings in Seacombe – maps out a vision for up to 368 homes in buildings rising to seven storeys around the town hall.
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The regeneration and upgrading of the Woodside area is something that has been obviously much needed for years.
The Woodside ferry should be a major focal point for commuting and having denser residential there will definitely help with that, similarly Seacombe ferry will benefit from increased residential around there.
By Anonymous
Great to see Woodside come forward, but I wonder if it is ambitious enough. Those views are simply staggering and would command quite some premium. The scope for higher buildings is obvious and with a ferry terminal AND underground station in situ, this can easily become the most desirable and accessible central community on either side of the river.
By Anonymous
Shouldn’t the saying be The masterplan describes Woodside as the Brooklyn to Liverpool’s Manhattan, as both are in New York. Great plans, and hope they are realised soon, and of high density to provide homes and jobs.
By GetItBuilt!
The views from Woodside might be staggering but sitting beside the sewage work it can smell pretty pongy when the wind changes. Unless that can be addressed then you’re not likely to get premium apartments.
By WasteWaterWorks
Surely 7 storey buildings right next to Wallasey town hall will completely dwarf it. Too much.
By Alan
The main consideration with regard to all this new housing should be to make it properly affordable and priority given to people who are actually from Merseyside.
By Anonymous
What a waste of money the cash strapped council wants to spend, 120.000 sqr feet of more commercial space as it stands there are too many unused shops in the town centre and the proposal to tart up the area around the Wallasey town hall is to make the council building look better so it’s not for the public benefit but for the benefit of the town hall
WBC must think the public are stupid this comment should be reversed as our councillors are idiots without any form of common sense
By Mark Brennan
Exactly what this rundown area needs. Densification is key here. There’s an opportunity to build thousands of apartments whilst maximising the existing Woodside ferry terminal as a commuting link across to Liverpool.
By Urban Warrior
This could put some useful demand onto the ferry, it’s important looking at the investment LCRCA have put into it.
By WayFay
This could be the Jewel in Wirral,s crown, weve one chance to get it right. Just hoping that the architects we keep the designs so that they will compliment the surrounding listed buildings ie: Hamilton Square, and will not end up looking like what is now been built at the East Float dock.
By Anonymous
O no, Wirral council are planning it.
By Anonymous
As a resident of woodside i would like to know where these hotels and houses are going to be, and importantly where people are going to park their cars.
By Terry Wilson