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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Elliott Ryder

Plans for Bootle community housing project to learn fate this summer

Plans for a community-led housing project said to be one of the largest in the UK is set to learn its fate this summer.

The plans, submitted by Safe Regeneration, aimed to create a £33m neighbourhood in Bootle on the bank of the Leeds Liverpool canal near Merton Road. The six acre scheme was however rejected by Sefton Council when it went before the planning committee in February 2021.

The plans were appealed to the Planning Inspectorate and are set to go before an inquiry hearing on July 14, according to Safe Regeneration CEO Brian Dawe. Speaking to the ECHO, Mr Dawe added: “We're confident of a positive outcome.

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