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THE Government will not stand in the way of the ambitious £4.5bn redevelopment of Wirral’s docklands by property giant Peel.
The decision by Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles not to call a public inquiry means Peel can now begin to fully market the scheme.
It has also been welcomed across the political spectrum in Wirral and by Peel’s development director Lindsey Ashworth who described it as “Christmas come early”.
Wirral Council leader Cllr Jeff Green said: "It's not every day that a leader of a council is given the go-ahead to see 26,000 jobs created.” There could also be implications for the Liverpool Waters scheme.
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City planners are currently considering Peel’s 150-acre Liverpool Waters project, which would see 9,000 apartments built in North Liverpool, as well as the 55-storey Shanghai Tower and other skyscrapers.
But last night the focus was on Wirral’s Birkenhead dockland, where earlier this year Peel received outline planning permission for a potentially massive transformation.
The East Float part of Wirral Waters received permission for 1.4m square metres of “mixed use floor space”, expected to be delivered over the next few decades.
As well as eventually supporting thousands of jobs when complete, development is expected to provide 13,000 homes, leisure and culture facilities, and 4,000 construction jobs over the life of the entire scheme.
