Liverpool’s world-famous waterfront is to be the subject of an ambitious new masterplan to ensure its continued growth as a global destination and major economic engine. A report to Liverpool City Council’s cabinet next Tuesday (19 September) is seeking approval to launch the search for a team of planning and placemaking ... Read More...
King’s Dock
Liverpool City Council has appointed Nuala Gallagher as its new corporate director of city development. Nuala, current director of planning, environment & placemaking at Limerick City and County Council, will take up the reins from interim director Mark Bourgeois, at the end of March. The appointment is part of a reorganisation of ... Read More...
Liverpool City Council is to buy more than 55,000 sq metres of "prime" waterfront land at Kings Dock from Homes England for £1. A report to the council’s cabinet tomorrow (27 September), seeks approval to acquire the freehold interest for a nominal sum, to help trigger a new multi-million redevelopment programme. The ... Read More...
Opportunities for the site of the former Liverpool waterfront car park which was destroyed by fire in 2017 are being explored. The ACC Liverpool Group has confirmed it is working with Liverpool City Council on plans now that work is underway on a new parking facility (pictured) at Monarch’s Quay. Contractor Willmott ... Read More...
Work starts today (21 November) to demolish a Liverpool waterfront car park ravaged by fire on New Year’s Eve 2017. The process of removing the first vehicles from the seven-storey car park, which has almost 1,200 vehicles inside - more than 1,000 of which are completely burnt out - will also ... Read More...
The second development in Liverpool’s wider vision to transform Kings Dock, including over 100 new homes, is recommended for approval. Mixed-use proposals for apartments, offices and an ‘interpretation centre’ for the public to view the area’s masterplan will be considered by Liverpool City Council’s planning committee. If given the go-ahead, two new ... Read More...
A new 112-bed hotel on Seel Street and a seven-storey apartment development on Parr Street were amongst significant projects approved by Liverpool City Council yesterday (19 December). Liverpool-based architect Falconer Chester Hall (FCH) designed all five schemes which also include office accommodation at Kings Dock. The high quality four-storey office development for The ... Read More...
A new floating aqua park boasting a 92-metre inflatable assault course will open at Albert Dock in 2018. The Adventure Dock Co will operate from May until October and will include food stalls, a wetsuit store and beach-style changing huts. Located on Duke’s Dock, in between Albert Dock and Kings Dock, the ... Read More...
A 2,000-seat ice rink and a virtual reality leisure centre are being considered for Liverpool’s Kings Dock waterfront. The attractions are among a mix of features which could transform the area in the future as part of a transformational multi-phase redevelopment. The first phase of the major scheme was progressed yesterday (Thursday ... Read More...