A new 15-year plan to set out key priorities to grow the city of Liverpool’s economy is taking a step forward. The plans, which would see 35,000 news homes being built, would ensure housing, infrastructure and jobs are in place for an expected rise in population – with an additional 50,000 expected to live in the city by 2033.

We’ll be in Liverpool next month for the Liverpool Development Plans Conference where we’ll be discussing regional plans and opportunities.

The Liverpool Local Plan will be scrutinised at a Regeneration Select Committee on the 17th January before the council’s cabinet on Friday 19th January, followed by a first full council meeting on the 24th January. The report will also include several other provisions to limit the number of takeaway restaurants and HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation) whilst it identifies 100 detailed policies to manage the expected populate growth which include a commitment to increasing the supply of affordable homes, encouraging quality builds, increase wheelchair access to new homes and promote key development areas in the city including Baltic Triangle in the south and Ten Streets in the north.

One exciting prospect is a development of 370 acres of land which would create new jobs which is within the report, which the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said would ‘set out the framework of how and where unprecedented growth will continue to flourish in Liverpool’.

Councillor Ann O’Bryne, Deputy Mayor of Liverpool, added: ”This Local Plan sets out to determine what type of city Liverpool wants to be and how we accommodate a growing and changing population over the coming decades. The overriding message is that the people of Liverpool want to see it grow in a sustainable way and the Local Plan we’re putting forward provides the tools to achieve exactly that.”

Join us at the Liverpool Development Plans Conference where it’s likely to be a key talking point.