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THE Government’s architecture advisors have warned that the £5.5bn Liverpool Waters plan would not create a high-quality scheme in its current form.

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) said the huge planning application for the scheme lacks key details.

Peel Holdings wants to regenerate the city’s northern docklands with a series of skyscrapers, claiming it will create more than 25,000 jobs and 14,000 apartments in a £5.5bn development.

Cabe is the latest Government group of advisors to criticise the plans.

Last week, the Daily Post revealed how English Heritage ordered the company to remove a large group of skyscrapers from the scheme or it would formally object.

Last night, Peel could not be reached for comment.

Cabe’s view on the planning application reveals that Peel is changing elements of the application, and it will reach its final verdict once those are made. The review states: “In our view, the planning application does not fully articulate the nature of what is being applied for in the material submitted and, in its current form, does not provide the confidence that a high- quality scheme will emerge.

“In our view, the principles detailed in the Masterplan and Key Principles document are mostly generic and are not organised or expressed in a meaningful way.

“A case in point is the principle relating to land use: ‘making the most efficient use of the land to meet the anticipated needs and aspirations of all sections of the Liverpool Waters community’.

“It is difficult to grasp how this principle and the explanation that accompanies it reflect the unique opportunities and challenges particular to this site and this scheme, leaving it open to interpretation by the planning authority and developers.”