Plans to build thousands of homes, completely change the way Wirral’s elections work and bring in a ‘Hillsborough Day’ to commemorate the disaster have been agreed tonight.
Wirral Council’s crucial meeting unanimously passed a draft Local Plan, which will see the greenbelt protected in its entirety with the building of around 13,000 homes between now and 2037 to be focused around brownfield sites in the east of the borough, particularly in and around Birkenhead.
Tonight’s vote does not mean it will come in today however, as it still faces a number of hurdles including a six-week public consultation and a review by the government which could take as long as 12 months.
