A Green Party campaigner fears a stalled site will have a negative impact on one of the city's poorest communities.
The Mount Group are behind the Browside scheme in Everton where building work has ground to halt. According to information on the Mount Group website building work started in 2018.
Local man Kevin Robinson-Hale, who is standing as a Green Party candidate in the 2023 local elections, is now concerned that the site will become a problem in a ward with existing issues. Photographs recently emerged which showed teenagers playing on the site.
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The most recent incident took place on June 23 when a suspected fire was started in containers on the site. Crews were called out but the fire was out by the time they arrived.
Mr Robinson-Hale said: "It's now being used by fly-tippers and is attracting anti-social behaviour. Local residents are worried that there will be a serious incident soon."
Mr Robinson- Hale, who lives in Everton, also expressed some concern about the distribution of Section 106 community to the community.
Section 106 payments typically require developers to pay money to the local authority which is used to benefit the immediate community.
The cash is typically spent on creating more public space, road improvements, cycling infrastructure or increasing education or health services.
A council spokesman confirmed that the Mount Group has paid around £10,000 so far, which was due on commencement.
The spokesman said that the city had now invoiced the developers for £60,000 . This money was due within 18 months of commencement. The spokesman explained that covid may have delayed the project.
Mr Robinson-Hale said: "We know that other similar schemes have failed to deliver S106 cash. A sum in the region of £60,000 can transform a children's park or pay for street lights.
"The Mount Group promised to be back on site last week but nothing has happened. This does not bode well."
The ECHO approached Mount Group for comment. Last month the company said that the Browside scheme had been delayed while they updated fire design specifications. The spokesman said they expected to back on site within days.
Mount Group Student NatEx Ltd, a special purpose vehicle company, collapsed into administration last October. The Mount Group subsidiary company was building the £45m NatEx student accommodation block on the site of the former National Express bus station. A report by administrators Mazars has revealed that the company accepted a total of £23.9m from buyers in the form of deposits.
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