Liverpool City Council’s new ethical housing company could build its first 120 homes on a plot in North Liverpool. Land has been identified for the first wave of properties by Foundations, including some homes for foster carers and the elderly. A report to be considered at today’s (25 May) cabinet meeting highlights ... Read More...
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A £1 million programme of Festival Park enabling works could be approved next week to move the major mixed-use regeneration scheme forward. The site investigations on Liverpool’s former International Festival Gardens and Southern Grasslands zones are expected to be given the go-ahead by city council cabinet members. The local authority, which last ... Read More...
Outdoor spaces, community places: Liverpool's green communities In January, Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson reportedly confirmed that houses will no longer be built on Sefton Park Meadows and instead called for ideas on how the green space could be used by the community. Should that vision be realised, it'll join a ... Read More...
Security around the fire damaged ACC Liverpool car park has been stepped up to prevent public access. Hoardings are set to go around the building from this weekend, following the devastating blaze on New Year’s Eve. Despite the extensive damage to the structure, ACC Liverpool remains open and its full schedule of booked ... Read More...
Liverpool has announced it will bid to host the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships at the waterfront’s Echo Arena. The city is joining forces with UK Sport and British Gymnastics to try and stage the tournament, which is expected to bring a £6 million economic boost. If the bid is successful the championships, ... Read More...
A new ethical housing company could be set up by Liverpool City Council with an aim to build 10,000 homes across the city. The venture is expected to create 2,000 new jobs as it delivers a range of properties including homes for the homeless, foster carers, large families, the elderly and ... Read More...
The Liverpool 2018 celebrations will launch on 11 January – 10 years to the day since the ‘People’s Opening’ of the European Capital of Culture festivities. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson says the year ahead will be “an incredible time for residents and visitors” as the city marks a decade since ... Read More...
Liverpool’s St Luke’s Church will light up to mark its full re-opening and removal from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register. A new 3-G architectural lighting system has been commissioned to complete the £500,000 restoration of the city centre landmark, which is affectionately known as The Bombed Out Church. The colour and ... Read More...
Liverpool has been named the UK’s Greatest Sporting City in a survey by ESPN and the University of Bath. The top spot is said to be a boost for the city as it enters the final phase of a competition to be nominated the UK’s candidate city to host the 2022 ... Read More...
Further examination and consultation is needed on Liverpool’s Festival Park masterplan, according to a group of councillors. The vision for the city’s Festival Gardens site will be discussed during a Liverpool City Council meeting next week after Green Party members called-in a previous decision to progress it. In June the council’s cabinet ... Read More...