LIVERPOOL will lose its World  Heritage Site status if the £5.5bn Liverpool Waters skyscraper plan goes ahead  without “radical” changes,  Unesco inspectors have  warned.

Last week’s three-day Unesco  inspection “could not have  gone any worse”, a top-level  source has told the Daily Post.

They added that the  inspectors, led by Ron van  Oers, had left the city with  “100%” clear guidance that,  unless Peel’s Liverpool Waters  project is radically changed,  they will recommend the city  be stripped of the World  Heritage accolade.

At one point during the visit,  the usually mild- mannered  Dutchman Mr van Oers was so  angered by the plans, he  stormed: “This goes too far”.

It is understood initial  steps would see  the inspectors issuing a recommendation  to the World Heritage Committee that Liverpool be put on the list of World Heritage  in Danger.

Once work then starts on Peel’s huge  scheme to regenerate the city’s northern  docklands, the city would be stripped of its  status, which was only granted in 2004.

The inspectors’ report will be written by  December 23 and will be sent to Liverpool  council and Peel within two to four weeks.

Unesco’s World Heritage Committee will  vote on its findings in June.

Ian Pollitt, a Peel director, said: “We were  given a fair crack of the whip and thought  it went well.”

He said any judgments about how the  visit had gone would be “guess work” and  that the company was now waiting for the  inspectors’ report.

The company has previously said it will  not compromise any further on the scheme,  having already dramatically reduced the  number of skyscrapers.