In Autumn 2024, PLACED delivered public engagement activities for the Liverpool Local Plan, including in-person events and an online consultation.

PLACED facilitated meaningful dialogue between the Council and its diverse communities, ensuring local voices are heard and integrated into the planning process.

This online consultation is part of the second phase of public engagement for the Liverpool Local Plan. We want to share what we heard previously, check whether you think we have identified the right issues, and gather further feedback from you.

Every Local Authority is required by Central Government to prepare a Local Plan - a key planning document which sets out how we will shape, plan and manage development and growth. A Local Plan identifies how much and what type of new development is needed, where it should be located, and the services and infrastructure needed to support it.

The Local Plan is a powerful tool to positively shape our city and its neighbourhoods; it has a big impact on the city’s economy, affecting the number, type and location of businesses and jobs. It also affects what it’s like to live in our neighbourhoods, shop on our high streets, use local services, travel around, and visit our parks, cultural and leisure attractions.

A Local Plan is used to assess planning applications and guide decisions on future development. This means it is essential that it is up to date, reflecting current needs and aspirations, and ensuring that we can take advantage of new opportunities.

The current Local Plan covers the period 2013-2033. Several changes mean it is now important that a new Local Plan is produced. The new Local Plan will cover the period up to 2041, and it will provide the opportunity to:

• Coordinate and direct investment in a way that meets local ambitions
• Positively shape our neighbourhoods and deliver place-based priorities
• Set out a positive and ambitious Vision for the future sustainable growth of Liverpool
• Collaborate with our communities and businesses on the future of our city

The current adopted Local Plan and supporting documents can be found on the Council’s website here.

By 2041, Liverpool will be a sustainable, vibrant, distinctive and inclusive global city at the heart of the City Region. Fairness and inclusivity will be at the heart of the City’s growth. Development opportunities will have been maximised to create an economically strong city with sustainable, inclusive and high-quality homes to meet people’s needs and aspirations.

Liverpool’s neighbourhoods will be vibrant, inclusive, high-quality and sustainable places to live and work, with an outstanding and high-quality natural and built environment.

In 2041, Liverpool will be a place where:

• People feel safe, secure and happy in their neighbourhoods and homes, through the delivery of new high-quality neighbourhoods which diversify the housing offer and meet the housing needs of our communities.
• All residents are supported to live healthy lives and are protected from a changing climate, with development delivering excellence in environmental sustainability.
• There is a prosperous and inclusive economy, which is built around an exciting, creative and innovative city and capitalises on the city’s strengths, including knowledge and creative industries.
• Accessibility and connectivity have been greatly enhanced across the city with a strong focus on active travel and sustainable modes, thus reducing impacts of the car.
• Enhanced social, environmental and physical infrastructure is being delivered that supports the city’s growth ambitions.
• All development contributes to ‘good growth’ which is socially and economically inclusive and environmentally sustainable, in order to maximise benefits for our residents.
• Heritage and green infrastructure assets will have been conserved and enhanced, made more accessible for future generations, and their role in the City’s regeneration and growth strengthened in recognition of their importance to Liverpool’s character and identity.
• New development will have taken place in a manner that mitigates against and adapts to the causes and impacts of climate change. It will have taken account of flood risk, be energy efficient and of high design quality.

Liverpool will be a city with strong international and national connections, including through the sustainable growth of Liverpool John Lennon Airport, the expansion of the Cruise Liner Terminal and the continued role of Garston Port, Port of Liverpool and Lime Street Station.

Liverpool City Centre will continue to be a thriving and growing regional centre for commercial and retail investment, cultural, tourist, art, civic, and leisure facilities. It will be welcoming and navigable for visitors, and it will have maintained and enhanced its role as the economic hub for the City Region with world-class education and businesses. High-quality City Centre urban living and its role in contributing to meeting the City’s housing needs will have been significantly strengthened.

The City Centre northern fringes comprising North Docks, Ten Streets, Pumpfields & Limekilns and Pall Mall/ Moorfields will have undergone transformational change with the delivery of new high-quality, sustainable, inclusive new homes and associated social, environmental and physical infrastructure, creating stable, mixed, vibrant and sustainable communities.

Liverpool North will also have seen significant transformation and will have become a high-quality inclusive, sustainable, regenerated, and re-connected neighbourhood that has prioritised residents' needs and aspirations.

Liverpool’s Iconic Waterfront, from the Everton Stadium to the former Garden Festival site will be a vibrant and thriving people-first place, with activated water spaces, enhanced public spaces, green infrastructure and connectivity north/ south and east/ west. Opportunities for growth will have been maximised. North Docks will be a high-quality vibrant, mixed, sustainable and inclusive residential neighbourhood supported by social, environmental and physical infrastructure.

In the Suburban Areas of the City, peripheral housing estates will have a balance of housing types and tenures to meet the needs of all residents. Opportunities for economic growth at Speke/Garston will have been maximised. Elsewhere in Liverpool’s suburbs, popular, attractive neighbourhoods and vibrant districts and local centres will continue to be successful. Important environmental and open space assets will have been protected and enhanced.