Im Marsh Campus Site Aigburth Vision Document (Nov 2018) 2 Im Marsh Campus Ljmu, Aigburth Vision Document 2 Im Marsh Campus Ljmu, Aigburth Vision Document 3

Appendix 1

Site Vision Document – I.M Marsh Campus

IM MARSH CAMPUS SITE AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT (NOV 2018) 2 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 2 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 3

CONTENTS

Executive Summary...... 04 Understanding the Site...... 06 Sustainable Location...... 08 Unique Design Opportunity...... 10 Deliverable Phasing Strategy...... 12 Steps to Delivery...... 14 4 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Figure 2: Site Location Plan Liverpool John Moores University’s (LJMU’s) campus at IM Marsh presents a unique regeneration opportunity. It should be redeveloped for high quality housing. This will respond to a critical need in South Liverpool. Housing use will enable the beneficial use of the listed building and redevelopment of City Campus (LJMU) the remainder of the site provides an opportunity to deliver high quality apartment development alongside large family housing, including 4 and 5 bedroom properties with gardens.

The IM Marsh Campus comprises various university buildings, that range in age and quality, and three sports pitches.

The buildings on the Site will be surplus to academic requirements, following the planned transfer of faculties to the Copperas Hill site in the City Centre. The buildings are relatively low quality both visually and physically, apart from two historic buildings. The previously developed land on the Site represents c.50% of the total Site area. The remaining Site area comprises sports pitches which LJMU are currently developing a strategy to relocate near to the City Centre Campus.

These planned improvements are part of LJMU’s wider vision to deliver a walkable campus within Liverpool City Centre.

Accordingly, the Site provides an excellent opportunity to deliver a high-quality residential development, including the conversion of two historic buildings, close to Liverpool City Centre and within the predominantly residential area of Aigburth.

Aigburth is a sustainable neighbourhood with a good range of local amenities and public transport opportunities. Aigburth Train Station is located within a 7-minute walking distance from the Site and provides regular connections to Liverpool City Centre.

This Vision Document has been prepared on behalf of LJMU by Barton Willmore to demonstrate how the residential redevelopment of the Site could make a positive contribution towards the attractiveness of Aigburth as a place to live, whilst also boosting and securing housing delivery in response to local and wider needs.

The Illustrative Masterplan and supporting design principles included within this document demonstrate our emerging design rationale for the Site. This has been informed by our initial assessment of the Site and its surroundings to demonstrate the ability of the Site to accommodate approximately 200-250 new homes, alongside, improved pedestrian and cycle links and public open space. 4 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 5

Figure 2: Site Location Plan Figure 1: Site Location Plan

City Campus (LJMU)

Mount Pleasant Campus (LJMU)

Mossely Hill Train Station

Aigburth Train Station IM Marsh Campus (LJMU) (The Site)

West Allerton Train Station 6 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT

UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

Site Location and Surroundings Site Assessment The Site, which is located just 5km south-east of Whilst, the Site is not subject to any significant Liverpool City Centre, provides an unparallel regeneration constraints that would prevent its redevelopment for Site, within the residential neighbourhood of Aigberth. residential use, the following considerations will inform the future development of the Site and they underpin the The Site is bound by residential development to the Illustrative Masterplan (Figure 4): south, east and west. • Vehicle access can be provided from existing points To the north lies community allotments, publicly of access on Barkhill Road, Mossley Hill Road and accessible sports pitches, and Sudley House Museum and Holmefield Road. If desirable, an additional point Art Gallery. Mossley Hill Conservation Area also lies to the of vehicle access can potentially be provided from north of the Site. The relationship between the Site and Barkhill Road. the Conservation Area will be considered through this document. • Pedestrian access can be provided from the proposed vehicle access points and from a point For a more detailed understanding of the Site’s location close to the Barkhill Road/ Mossley Hill Road junction. and its sustainability, please refer to the Sustainable • Existing mature trees on the Site should be retained Location section within this document. and integrated into an accessible network of high- Site Description quality public realm and open space. The Site is broadly triangular. It extends to c.7.6ha and • Holmefield House is a Grade II Listed building that some 50% of the Site is developed land. could be converted for future residential use. • Barkhill Building is an early 20th Century building The Site includes several university buildings built of some quality that could be converted for future between 1950-1990. These provide limited townscape residential use. quality and provide a desirable opportunity for • Ecology on the Site are limited to existing mature redevelopment. The Site also includes two historic vegetation which should be retained as part of the buildings, built during the late 20th Century, that provide proposed redevelopment. an opportunity for residential conversion. • Utilities within the vicinity of the Site are easily Details of each building is shown on the plan opposite. accessible. • Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) will be The Site also includes three outdoor sports pitches which required as part of the proposed development and will be relocated to the City Centre Campus. These the Site is not located within an area of flood risk include football pitches, a multi-use games area and potential. three tennis courts/netball courts. • Ground levels provide a suitable platform for The Site has been subject to earthworks to enable the residential development. provision of levelled sports pitches. This has resulted in • Stone boundary wall surrounding the Site should be the creation of three levelled tiers within the Site which retained. could be re-profiled or retained as part of the Site’s • Mossley Hill Conservation Area lies to the north of redevelopment. the Site and the future development of the Site will Defining most of the Site boundary is a c.1.5m historic carefully consider the relationship with this historic stone wall, which whilst not listed (nationally or locally) asset. is a defining characteristic within the nearby residential streets. 6 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 7 Site boundary

Existing built form

Existing sports buildings and outdoor facilities (to be relocated to the city centre campus).

Existing buildings (built between 1950s -1990s)

Existing buildings (late 20th century)

Mossley Hill Conservation Area Science Block Trees & Learning Reseource Contour (1m) Centre Existing vehicle access

Potential vehicle access

Bus stop Barkhill Rd The North Building

Listed Building

Existing 1.5m stone walls Sudley Building Mossley Hill Rd

Iain Newman Centre

Barkhill Building

Mossley Building Student Union

Student Accomodation

Marsh Sports Centre

Holmefield House

Sports Hall

Holmefield Rd

Figure 3: Site Assessment Plan 8 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT

SUSTAINABLE LOCATION

The Site is sustainably located close to existing services Buses and facilities provided in Aighburth and the surrounding The nearest bus stops are on Aigburth Road (c.200m neighbourhoods of Augburth Vale and Otterspool. from the Site) and Broad Avenue (c.400m from the Services and facilities located within an 800m walking Site). Regular bus services from these stops provide and 2km cycle ride include but are not limited to: connections to Liverpool City Centre, Liverpool South Parkway, Speke, Walton and Bootle. • Sudley Junior School; • Sudley Infant School; Trains • St. Margaret’s CofE Academy; The two closest train stations to the Site are Aigburth • Palmerston School; Station (c.500m) and West Allerton Station (c.800m). These stations provide connections to the wider • Tesco; Merseyside/North West Region (inc. Southport, • Otterspool Park; Warrington, Wirral, Runcorn, Blackpool and Chester). In • Sefton Park; addition, the TransPennine Express service operates an • Liverpool Cricket Club; hourly connection between Manchester and Liverpool which takes only 32 minutes and is available from • Shops along Aigburth Road; Aigburth Station and West Allerton Station. • Restaurants; and • Alfred Holt Recreation Ground. Cycling The Site benefits from a dedicated cycle route which offers cyclists a less congested route to and from the City Centre. This route takes around 25 minutes to cycle.

Citybike Liverpool has bikes for hire at Aigburth Station.

A ‘bike and go’ scheme also operates at Liverpool South Parkway Rail Station where you can hire bicycles daily for just £3.80. The cycle route between Liverpool South Parkway and the Site is approximately two miles long and takes just 10 minutes. 8 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 9

Barkhill Building Holmefield Building

Site Boundary Bus Stop

Railway Station Railway Line

School Primary Road

Doctors Surgery Secondary Road

Sports Facility Motorways

Supermarket Woodland

Local Facility Inland Water

Cycleway Parks

PRoW

Figure 4: Sustainability Plan 10 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT

UNIQUE DESIGN OPPORTUNITY

1 Vehicle access to the Site is proposed via existing access points This masterplan promotes on Barkhill Road, Mossley Hill Road and Holmefield Road. a very high quality design 2 A potential point of vehicle access has also been shown on led approach to the future Barkhill Road. regeneration of the I.M. 3 Vehicle movement around the Site will utilise the existing road Marsh Campus. This approach infrastructure, beyond which is a hierarchy of shared streets and responds to the future private driveways. needs of LJMU, of Aigburth 4 Barkhill Building is proposed to be retained and converted into and of the City. It responds high-quality apartments. to the requirements of the 5 Holmefield House (Grade II Listed) will be sensitively converted for development market but also to residential use. the planning policy and housing policy requirements, to heritage 6 Higher density residential development is provided on previously considerations and to the development land to the north of the Site. needs of the area. 7 Lower density residential development is provided on sports pitches and adjacent to the Holmefield House.

Considering the location of the 8 A series of focal point spaces are dispersed within the Illustrative Site and the density of existing Masterplan. These spaces are designed to be distinctive and legible, residential development, an assisting navigation from one area of the development to another. average density of 30-35 9 Use of best practice design principles, will provide outward facing dwellings per net hectare has housing frontages which securely enclose rear garden spaces and initially been applied. This achieve natural surveillance of streets and public green space. provides the potential to deliver 10 Areas of public open space will be provided throughout the between 200-250 dwellings. Site, accommodating retained and enhanced landscape features, pedestrian and cycles links and children’s play.

The proposed density allows for 11 The Site has the potential to accommodate a SuDS network, the creation of a sustainable including street swales and attenuation ponds. and balanced residential 12 A linear area of public open space has been provided along the development, comprising a eastern edge of the Site. This space will accommodate existing mix of housing types, sizes and landscape features, and a new pedestrian and cycle route. Moreover, tenures. it will help address level changes with the surrounding residential streets and enhance the setting of Holmefield House.

13 The future development of the Site will carefully consider the relationship between proposed development and the adjoining Conservation Area. This will include further consideration on scale, massing and materiality. 10 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 11 Potential Pedestrian/ Cycle Routes Potential Vehicle Access Potential SuDS 13 Potential Play Area

6 Barkhill Rd

Mossley Hill Rd 1 1 3

9 10

2 8

7 Holmefield Rd

Dwellings: c.200-250

Figure 5: Illustrative Masterplan 12 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT

DELIVERABLE PHASING STRATEGY

This section of the Vision Document demonstrates that the I.M. Marsh Campus can be delivered in three phases. Our proposed phasing strategy for the Site, which sees the previously developed land brought forward for redevelopment first, following the transfer of faculties to the Copperas Hill site, followed by the development of the sports pitches.

Phase 1

c.110 homes, comprising a range of housetypes (inc. apartments, terraces, semi-detached and detached properties).

Access from Barkhill Road, Mossley Hill Road and Holmefield Road.

Conversion of Holmefield House into apartments.

Conversion of Barkhill Building into new apartments.

Enhanced Public Open Space.

New landscape features including new street trees. 12 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 13 Phase 2

c.30-50 homes, comprising a range of housetypes (inc.terraces, semi-detached and detached properties).

Phase 3

c.100 homes.

Additional access point from Barkhill Road.

New green corridor including new landscape features. 14 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT

STEPS TO DELIVERABILITY

This Vision Document demonstrates that the IM Marsh Campus is soon to be a surplus asset that provides a unique opportunity for alternative development which supports the strategic priorities of the City and the wider City Region. It would provide much needed residential development, contributing towards a recognised local housing need, whilst also helping facilitate LJMU’s wider vision to deliver a walkable city centre university campus.

Our analysis of the Site has demonstrated that development can respond and enhance the existing context and make a positive contribution to the local community. A series of overarching development principles, which should guide the future development of the University’s surplus assets, have been set out to underpin this vision document, namely:

• Sense of Place – the expansion of a successful residential suburb that adds to its unique character and is welcoming, inclusive, neighbourly, interesting and attractive and which properly caters for the functions which it will accommodate into the future;

• Character – an area that recognises the Site’s existing identity and richness of character and creates a place that is distinctive – responding in particular to its heritage assets, parks and proximity to shops and services in Aigburth.

• Public Realm – an exceptional public realm, transforming the immediate settings of the Listed Building and the character of this part of south Liverpool;

• Connectivity – the extension of an established and successful neighbourhood that will open up and enhance existing routes; and

• Sustainability – a site wide strategy that address all aspects of sustainability, achieving the right balance between social, environmental and economic objectives.

The Illustrative Masterplan included within this document has been informed by our initial assessment of the Site, based on Site visits, an understanding of highway access and overview of the existing built form and landscape.

We look forward to further discussing the development opportunity with Liverpool City Council as part of the Local Plan process. 14 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT 15 16 IM MARSH CAMPUS LJMU, AIGBURTH VISION DOCUMENT

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Site Vision Document – F.L Calder

F.L. CALDER ALLERTON VISION DOCUMENT (NOV 2018) 2 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT 2 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT 3

CONTENTS

Executive Summary...... 04 Understanding the SIte ...... 06 Sustainable Location...... 08 Design Opportunity...... 10 Next Steps to Delivery...... 12 4 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Figure 1: Site Location Plan Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is committed to the City of Liverpool and the wider City Region. As part of LJMU’s commitment to deliver excellence in education, the University are implementing an estate strategy which will create a major new campus at City Campus (LJMU) Copperas Hill, linked to our existing accommodation in the City at Mount Pleasant and Byrom Street.

This Vison Document has been prepared by Barton Willmore, on behalf of Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), to set out the development opportunity that is presented by F.L Calder. The Site is a vacant under utilised area of land that could respond to the critical need for new high quality and executive housing in South Liverpool.

The F.L Calder Site is a vacant greenfield site within an existing urban area. It has no historic recreational use or recent agricultural use.

The proposed development of the Site supports LJMU’s wider vision to deliver a walkable campus within Liverpool City Centre.

The Site is sustainable located, close to Liverpool City Centre and within the predominantly residential area of Allerton.

Allerton is a sustainable neighbourhood with a good range of local amenities and public transport opportunities. Allerton Train Station is located within a 20-minute walking distance from the Site and provides regular connections to Liverpool City Centre.

This Vision Document has been prepared to inform the Site’s promotion as part of the current consultation on the Liverpool Local Plan. It demonstrates how the residential redevelopment of the Site could make a positive contribution towards the attractiveness of Allerton as a place to live, whilst also boosting and securing housing delivery in response to local and wider needs.

The Illustrative Masterplan and supporting design principles included within this document demonstrates our emerging design rationale for the Site. This has been informed by our initial assessment of the Site and its surrounds to demonstrate the ability of the Site to accommodate between 100-130 new homes, alongside, improved pedestrian and cycle links and public open space. 4 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT 5

Figure 1: Site Location Plan

Mount Pleasant Campus (LJMU)

The Site Mossely Hill Train Station

Aigburth Train Station

IM Marsh Campus (LJMU)

West Allerton Train Station 6 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT

UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

Site Location and Surroundings Each of the four Site boundaries are defined by mature The Site, which is located c.5km to the south of Liverpool trees and the northern, eastern and western boundary City Centre, provides an available site for residential is also defined by a dwarf stone wall. Whilst not listed development within the neighbourhood of Allerton. (locally or nationally), the wall is a defining characteristic within the surrounding residential streets. The Site is bound on three sides by existing housing that ranges in size and age. Housing to the west of the Existing housing directly overlooks the Site from the Site is separated by an existing pedestrian and cycle west and experiences views of vacant grassland, heavily route, which whilst not a designated Public Right of Way filtered by mature trees. (PRoW), provides off-road connections in a southward Site Assessment direction to Allerton Golf Course, Menlove Avenue (which The Site is not subject to any significant constraints includes existing bus stops and connects with Walton that would prevent its redevelopment for residential Local Centre) and Allerton Road. use, but the following considerations will inform the To the north of the Site is Calderstones Park, a 38ha area future development of the Site and they underpin the of public parkland accommodating pedestrian and cycle Illustrative Masterplan (Figure 4): routes, public open space and an ornamental lake. • Vehicle Access can be provided from Dowsefield Lane To the south-west of the Site is a further vacant and Yewtree Road. greenfield site, not within the ownership of LJMU, • Pedestrian access can be provided from the beyond which is Maryton Grange Monastery. proposed vehicle access points, from an additional The Site benefits from frontage on to Yew Tree Road and point along Dowsefield Lane, from the woodland Dowesfield Lane, which provide opportunities for vehicle located beyond the southern boundary and access to the Site. Yew Tree Road provides westward potentially from the pedestrian and cycle route connections to West Allerton Train Station (c.1500m from running along the western edge of the Site. the Site) and eastwards connections to Menlove Avenue • Mature Woodland to the south of the Site is within which connects with Walton Local Centre (c.1200m from the ownership of LJMU. The proposed development the Site). of the Site provides the opportunity to deliver environmental enhancements and improved For a more detailed understanding of the Site’s location pedestrian and cycle connections through this and its sustainability, please refer to the Sustainable woodland. Location section within this document. • Existing mature trees defining the boundaries of the Site Description Site should be retained. The Site is a rectilinear greenfield site that extends • Ecology on the Site is limited to existing mature to c.3.53ha. It comprises vacant greenfield land vegetation which should be retained as part of the located within an existing urban area. The Site, which proposed redevelopment. is characterised by infrequently managed grassland, • Utilities within the vicinity of the Site are easily does not provide any formal recreational uses and is accessible. mostly used by people walking dogs. In addition, the • Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) will be Site occasionally functions as an overspill car park, when required across the Site and the Site is not located events are held locally. within an area of flood risk potential. • Stone boundary walls located around three edges of the Site should be retained, where possible. 6 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT 7 Calderstones Park

Yewtree Road

Dowsefield Lane

Site boundary

Existing built form

Trees

Contour (1m)

Potential vehicle access

Existing Pedestrian/ Cycle Route

Potential Pedestrian Access

Existing stone wall

Figure 2: Site Assessment Plan 8 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT

SUSTAINABLE LOCATION

The Site is sustainably located close to existing services Trains and facilities provided in Allerton and the surrounding The closest train station to the Site is West Allerton neighbourhoods of Woolton and Aigburth. Services and Station (c.1500m). This station provide connections to facilities located within an 800m walking and 2km cycle the wider Merseyside/North West Region (inc. Southport, ride include but are not limited to: Warrington, Wirral, Runcorn, Blackpool and Chester). In addition, direct access to Liverpool Lime Street Station • Calderstones School; is provided by a frequent service running every half hour • Abbot’s Lea School; from West Allerton Station with a journey time of 12 • St. Francis Xavier’s College; minutes. • Woolton High School; Cycling • Much Woolton Catholic Primary School; The Site benefits from a local cycle route, running west • West Allerton Railway Station; along Yew Tree Road towards Allerton Train Station and • Calderstones Park; east towards St Francis Xavier’s College. In addition, the • Tesco; Site is located directly opposite an off-road cycle route • Sainsbury’s; which runs through Calderstones Park and connects with • Woolton Swimming Pool; a National Cycle Toute 56.

• Walton Local Centre (including shops, restaurants, a Citybike Liverpool has bikes for hire at Aigburth Station. cinema, places of worship, Woolton Village Club and Woolton Library); A ‘bike and go’ scheme also operates at Liverpool South Parkway Rail Station where you can hire bicycles daily for Buses just £3.80. The distance between the Site and Liverpool South Parkway and the Site is approximately 2.5km The nearest bus stop is located 250m east of the Site on Menlove Avenue, providing the no. 76 service, every half hour between Liverpool and Halewood.

Other bus services operate approximately 800 metres from the Site, on Mather Avenue. Services from this location include:

• 45, operating once a day between Garston and Widness Halton College; • 86, operating every half hour between Liverpool One (Liverpool City Centre) and Garston; and • 86A, operating 24/7 with a service every half hour between Liverpool One (Liverpool City Centre) and Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Railway Station Railway Line 8 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT 9 School Primary Road

Doctors Surgery Secondary Road

Sports Facility Motorways

Supermarket Preston Western Distributor Road Local Facility Woodland Cycleway Inland Water PRoW Parks Bus Stop Existing footpath adjacent to the western site boundary

Figure 3: Sustainability Plan 10 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT

DESIGN OPPORTUNITY

1 Vehicle access to the Site is proposed via the existing Future residential development at access points on Yewtree Road and Dowesfield Lane. the FL Calder site should meet the 2 In addition to the proposed points of vehicle access, highest architectural and urban pedestrian access to the Site is proposed via the design standards, reflecting the woodland to the south of the Site, the pedestrian and cycle route to the west and from an additional character of the neighbourhood, the point along Dowesfield Lane. proximity to Calderstones Park and the City’s economic and housing policy 3 Development proposed along the northern edge objectives. of the Site will reflect existing development along Yewtree Road and could comprise larger properties set within generous plots and/or 3 storey Considering the location of the Site apartments. and the density of existing residential 4 Mature trees located adjacent to the Site boundaries development, an average density of will be retained. 30-35 dwellings per net hectare has initially been applied. This provides the 5 A substantial area of public open space has been provided adjacent to the eastern Site boundary, to potential to deliver between 100-130 provide amenity space, whilst also filtering views of dwellings. the proposed development from existing housing located along Dowesfield Lane.

The proposed density allows for the 6 An area of public open space has been provided creation of a sustainable and balanced in the south-western corner of the Site, residential development, comprising a accommodating new planting and providing mix of housing types, sizes and tenures. pedestrian and cycle connectivity with the woodland to the south and the footpath running along the western edge of the Site.

7 Environmental enhancements and improved pedestrian and cycle connections will enhanced the ecological and recreational value of the woodland located to the south of the Site.

8 A series of focal point spaces are dispersed within the Illustrative Masterplan. These spaces are designed to be distinctive and legible, assisting navigation from one area of the development to another.

9 Use of best practice design principles, will provide outward facing housing frontages which securely enclose rear garden spaces and achieve natural surveillance of streets and public green space.

10 The Site has the potential to accommodate a SuDS network, including street swales and attenuation ponds. 10 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT 11

Yewtree Road

01 01 08

Dowsefield Lane

04 02

Site boundary

Proposed vehicle access

Proposed Pedestrian/ Cycle Route

Proposed Pedestrian Access

Figure 4: Illustrative Masterplan 12 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT

NEXT STEPS TO DELIVERY

This Vision Document has demonstrated how the future redevelopment of the Site would provide much needed residential development, contributing towards a recognised local housing need, whilst also helping facilitate LJMUs wider vision to deliver a walkable city centre university campus.

Our analysis of the Site has demonstrated that development can respond and enhance the existing context and make a positive contribution to the local community. The Site has several economic, social and environmental benefits which can be enhanced as part of a residential development project. The benefits include:

• Development to the Site will generate direct jobs during the construction phase, as well as bringing economically active people into Liverpool; • New residents will increase expenditure locally and bring additional skills and economic activity, contributing to the local area; • The proposed development will directly secure financial benefits to Liverpool City Council in the form of new homes bonus; • The Site will deliver market and affordable homes of a type and tenure to meet local housing needs; • The Site is well integrated with the existing surroundings and will provide new links to the existing network of footpaths and cycle ways; and • Public transport facilities are located within walking distance of the Site providing access to Liverpool City Centre and further afield.

We look forward to further discussing the development opportunity with Liverpool City Council as part of the Local Plan process. 12 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT 13 14 F.L. CALDER, ALLERTON, LJMU VISION DOCUMENT

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