Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters is the largest regeneration project in the UK by consented floor area. The vision consented by Wirral Council is for a highly sustainable and healthier, mixed use, mixed income project that is ‘of Wirral’ providing a counterpoint to Liverpool.

The project forms part of the Mersey Waters Enterprise Zone (EZ) and Wirral Housing Zone. Following the Liverpool City Region Freeport status going live in 2023, the Mea Park neighbourhood and Northside area of Wirral Waters became a Freeport Tax Site. 

Wirral Waters is in delivery mode. 

A 25,000 sq ft highly sustainable office known as the Hythe completed in December 2021. New public realm has also been installed in the last 18 months creating new green spaces, streetscapes and cycling infrastructure that will promote active travel. 

The residential neighbourhood ‘Northbank’ is set to deliver 1,100 new homes in the next three years

  • The first phase of new low carbon modular homes has been completed and the first new residents were welcomed to the neighbourhood in December 2022. 
  • In January 2022 Peel L&P completed a £130m investment with the Pension Insurance Corporation into Millers Quay, another residential scheme on Northbank, WHICH will deliver 500 sustainable and affordable new homes over the next three years. Work started in the summer of 2022 and is progressing well.  
  • Belong Villages will also deliver a state-of-the-art Dementia care facility along Northbank, with work starting onsite this year.  

An exciting pipeline of mixed-use projects will be coming to the market in 2023/24 including:

  • The 1 million sq ft Mea Park neighbourhood – a highly sustainable logistics and manufacturing campus within a Freeport Tax Site. 
  • The Four Bridges neighbourhood with new local amenities at Egerton Village and the Maritime Knowledge Hub – a £25m world class maritime centre of excellence, focused on innovation, engineering, R&D, entrepreneurship and training – both starting onsite in the next 12 months. 

Wirral Waters is well connected with direct access to the M53 motorway, four railway stations within close proximity and access to the Port.

OPPORTUNITY 

Initial development activity is to be clustered in three neighbourhood areas: ‘Four Bridges’, ‘Northbank’ and ‘MEA Park’ at West Float. Planning permission is in place for 20m sq ft (2m sq m) of floor space including up to 13,000 residential units.

QUICK FACTS 

LOCATION: Wirral Waterfront, Wirral
TOTAL SITE AREA: 202 hectares / 500 acres
DEVELOPER: Peel Land & Property SUITABLE USES: Office / Commercial / Residential / Hotels / Education / Advanced Manufacturing / Industry / Modular construction
PLANNING STATUS: Outline planning permission granted in May 2012
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £5 Billion
DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Delivery will be in phases. First phases are underway

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