Hundreds of new homes and care units are to be built on the site of Liverpool FC’s historic former training ground.
Proposals submitted to repurpose the Reds’ famed former Melwood base in West Derby have been signed off by Liverpool Council ’s planning committee this afternoon after years of debate and changes. The application, put forward by housing group Torus, will now lead to a mixture of 170 homes, bungalows and care units being built on the site off Deysbrook Lane.
The Premier League club left their home of almost seven decades to move to a £50m new facility in Kirkby in 2020. The existing LFC infrastructure at the former training ground will be retained and repurposed to form the new home of the Robbie Fowler and Jamie Carragher Football Education Academy.