Project scope

The proposals include:

• Approximately 75 new affordable homes.
• A 130-bedroom quality-brand hotel.
• 90,000 sq ft of net-zero commercial office space, including the council’s headquarters.
• A new central Village Green with the relocation of the Cenotaph.
• A new surface-level car park with sustainable transport options.
• The creation of a community hub in the heart of the town centre which will include the library, community meeting spaces.
• Improved public realm and wayfinding.

Future phases will include:

• Up to 150,000 sq ft of additional office space.
• 300 additional homes to boost footfall and support the local economy.

Key benefits:

• Delivering much needed new homes in the Borough.
• Up to 1,700 new and retained jobs
• Increasing the number of residents, visitors and footfall in the town centre helping create a vibrant community
• £50m per year growth in local economic activity.
• £2.7million extra town centre spend each year.
• Contribution to Knowsley’s Net Zero ambitions.

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