Liverpool City Council has drafted a new Desired State of Conservation Report (DSOCR) for the UK Government to submit to the World Heritage Committee ahead of its 44th annual session in late June. The draft DSOCR, which is referred to in a council report to cabinet next Friday (20 March), has ... Read More...
WHS
Liverpool City Council has welcomed a recommendation that the city maintains its World Heritage Site (WHS) status. An initial report published ahead of an annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee is recommending Liverpool is not deleted from the World Heritage list. Last summer, the committee concluded that Liverpool’s status on the ... Read More...
A report outlining how Liverpool intends to save its World Heritage Site (WHS) status has been revealed. UNESCO perceives the main threat to the city’s WHS title to be the proposed development of the Central Docks area in the £5 billion Liverpool Waters scheme. The Central Docks neighbourhood has been envisaged as ... Read More...
Liverpool has set up a special taskforce to examine how the city can maintain its UNESCO World Heritage status. The Liverpool World Heritage Board has been established in part to “reset the relationship with UNESCO” - the agency which will consider Liverpool's deletion from the World Heritage list at its next ... Read More...
Liverpool's World Heritage Site status - Worth Fighting For? Liverpool's position as a World Heritage Site (WHS) has never been more precarious with its removal from UNESCO's prestigious list a very real possibility in 2018. But what does the status really mean for the city? Is it a great benefit we can’t afford to lose or a ... Read More...