Plans to build over 160 new homes in Huyton have been submitted to Knowsley Council.

The proposals are part of Ion Development’s 23-hectare Earlsfield Park masterplan which also includes a 40-acre employment park, a pub/restaurant and a hotel.

Ion has submitted its application in collaboration with the Knowsley Estate for the project, with Bellway Homes on board for the residential side of the scheme.

According to report on the masterplan, Bellway is proposing to bring forward a scheme which will build upon “the existing success and attractiveness of its housing product across the borough”.

Earlsfield Park is proposed to sit adjacent to the existing Lord Derby Playing Fields and Oak Plantation – areas which developers Ion will use to create recreation space for the residents and workers nearby.

The employment park is to be pitched as a ground breaking ‘hybrid’ model where the demand for high-quality advanced manufacturing research and development facilities and sub-regional logistics business space can be fulfilled alongside more traditional office and workshop spaces, encircled within a semi-rural parkland setting.

Plans for the homes included with the masterplan report

Steve Parry, managing director of Ion Development, says: ‘The employment park is an important focus of this development. With the launch of the Knowledge Quarter, Liverpool and Merseyside are set to become UK leaders in the field of science and technology innovation.

‘The beauty of the development is not just in its location and accessibility but through the flexibility of the design which caters for the demands of anything from manufacturing to laboratories, small start-ups or the corporate HQ’s of global businesses.”

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