Plans to build up to 1,500 family homes at Festival Gardens have received a major boost from the government. A cash injection of almost £10 million pounds from Homes England will allow essential remediation work to take place at the waterfront site - paving the way for residential development to begin. Activity ... Read More...
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Liverpool City Council has turned to a familiar face to fill a top housing role. Former cabinet member for housing Frank Hont will chair the local authority’s new ethical housing company – Foundations. Frank, who lost his seat as a Labour councillor in May, will now establish a small board of housing ... 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...
Work has started on a £2.7 million project in Toxteth to convert a former catholic church and the site of its old parish hall into 16 affordable homes. The charity Housing People, Building Communities (HPBC) in partnership with housing company Onward, is building 11 three-storey townhouses within the shell of St ... Read More...
Wirral Council has secured £6 million in government funding to help deliver over 1,000 new homes in the borough. The investment has been announced as part of a £866m funding plan from the government which it says could see 200,000 homes built across the UK. The £6m will be used for a ... Read More...
Market highlights: New builds and newly renovated homes for 2018 Begin 2018 in a new build or newly renovated home Words by Natasha Young Welsh Streets, Liverpool, L8 This Victorian terraced home retains plenty of original character on the exterior, while inside it’s brimming with contemporary style. Large windows flood the free-flowing ground floor living areas ... Read More...
The adoption of a 15-year plan which could see 35,000 new homes built in Liverpool could take a step closer next week. Liverpool’s Local Plan, which will go before the council’s cabinet on Friday (19 January), also includes provisions to limit the number of takeaways and HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation). The council says ... Read More...
Chancellor Phillip Hammond has handed first-time buyers a major boost in today's (22 November) Budget. Stamp Duty has been abolished with immediate effect on properties priced up to £300,000 for those purchasing their first home. According to the Chancellor this will benefit 95% of first-time buyers who pay the tax. Meanwhile, first-time buyers ... Read More...
Outline plans for over 250 new homes near Thornton have been recommended for approval. The scheme from applicant Nuffield College proposes the extension of the Sefton village onto fields located north of Lydiate Lane. The envisaged housing comprises a mix of 268 two, three, four and five-bedroom homes of various types and ... Read More...
Up to 66 homes could be built in Mossley Hill under new proposals from Elan Homes and the University of Liverpool. Subject to planning, the former Dale Hall student accommodation site off Elmswood Road, will be transformed into apartments, townhouses and luxury family homes with a central ‘village green’. The 8.58-acre site ... Read More...