The future of a WWI memorial site is in question after a company applied to demolish it to make way for a new development of flats.
St Luke's Memorial Hall, on Breck Road, Wallasey was built in 1926 in memory of the 250 soldiers from Poulton who lost their lives in WWI. For most of the century the building, which sits beside St Luke's Church, served as a community centre though fell into disuse and eventually disrepair as the 21st century approached.
The building has been unused for years. Now Liverpool-based SEP Construction Services has applied to demolish the building and build a development of flats in its place. The application proposes 33 new flats, all of which are to be managed as social housing, and a space for parking attached to the building that will be four storeys high at points.
