Liverpool City Council Approves Plan for Over 7,000 New Homes

en.Wedoany.com Reported - In a 12-minute cabinet meeting, Liverpool City Council approved two supplementary planning documents, including a city-wide residential development framework and a vision plan to build over 7,000 homes and a linear park on 100 acres of brownfield land.

The Liverpool Housing Design Guide and the Pumpfields & Limekilns Masterplan, as supplementary planning documents, will be incorporated into future planning application assessments. These documents were formally adopted following a series of public consultations. Levitt Bernstein played a key role in assisting Liverpool City Council in drafting the documents. Director Jo McCafferty stated that the team was honored to collaborate with the council in drafting the documents, noting that these frameworks demonstrate the council's ambition to support the delivery of high-quality housing and new developments within the city.

The Housing Design Guide is a key element of Liverpool's status as a "Marmot City," a designation focused on improving health outcomes through placemaking. The guide aims to ensure that residential designs consider future needs, are landscape-led, flexible, adaptable, and rooted in the local context. Based on public consultation feedback, the guide removed requirements for outdoor leisure space, parking standards, and bicycle standards that could impact feasibility, while retaining design guidance. Wording was also adjusted to clarify that the design guide is not intended to hinder innovation but to provide a framework to follow.

Before the cabinet meeting, Councillor Hetty Wood, the council's housing spokesperson, described the design guide as demonstrating a commitment to creating better places and better homes. Councillor Nick Small, the economic growth spokesperson, stated that the guide aims to raise housing standards across the city, providing clarity and confidence for all parties.

The Pumpfields and Limekilns supplementary planning document sets out a development blueprint for the next 20 years. This 100-acre brownfield site is bounded by Leeds Street to the south, Great Howard Street to the west, and Scotland Road to the east. In collaboration with Levitt Bernstein, Montagu Evans, Arup, and Turner.Works, the council has proposed a vision to build over 7,000 homes, a linear park, and 584,000 square feet of employment space. Adjustments made during the consultation process included clarifying height parameters (which must comply with the Tall Buildings Supplementary Planning Document adopted in 2023) and changing several instances of "must" to "should" to provide greater flexibility. The document adopts a "comply or explain" approach for future development.

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