Consultation starts on “masterplan” for Birkenhead Town Centre, but what changes does it propose?

Consultation starts on “masterplan” for Birkenhead Town Centre, but what changes does it propose?

Consultation starts on “masterplan” for Birkenhead Town Centre, but what changes does it propose?

                                

Cllr Tony Jones (Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth) (foreground) at a meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet (30th September 2019)
Cllr Tony Jones (Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth) (foreground) at a meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet (30th September 2019)

Wirral Council have received £173,029 to set up a Town Deal Board, come up with an Investment Plan for Birkenhead and to consult on the proposed changes. The aim of this is so that Wirral Council can then make a bid for up to £25 million of funding from the government’s Towns Fund.
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Will Public Works Loan Board interest rate rise of 1% alter Wirral Council’s business case for purchase of shops in Milton Pavement, Birkenhead?

Will Public Works Loan Board interest rate rise of 1% alter Wirral Council’s business case for purchase of shops in Milton Pavement, Birkenhead?

Will Public Works Loan Board interest rate rise of 1% alter Wirral Council’s business case for purchase of shops in Milton Pavement, Birkenhead?

                                    

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Cabinet (Wirral Council) 4th November 2019

Cllr Tony Jones (Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth) (foreground) at a meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet (30th September 2019)
Cllr Tony Jones (Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth) (foreground) at a meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet (30th September 2019)

Wirral Council’s Cabinet on Monday agreed recommendations to agree “in principle” to the purchase of shops in Milton Pavement, Birkenhead and a unit at 13-15 St Werburgh’s Square. A consultation is expected to start on the 7th November 2019.
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Wirral Council’s Cabinet to decide on “in principle” purchase of around two dozen shops in Birkenhead Town Centre and whether Birkenhead Market is added to its Wirral Growth Company joint venture plans with Muse Developments

Wirral Council’s Cabinet to decide on “in principle” purchase of around two dozen shops in Birkenhead Town Centre and whether Birkenhead Market is added to its Wirral Growth Company joint venture plans with Muse Developments

Wirral Council’s Cabinet to decide on “in principle” purchase of around two dozen shops in Birkenhead Town Centre and whether Birkenhead Market is added to its Wirral Growth Company joint venture plans with Muse Developments

                                     

Cllr Tony Jones (Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth) (foreground) at a meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet (30th September 2019)
Cllr Tony Jones (Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth) (foreground) at a meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet (30th September 2019)

Wirral Council’s Cabinet (including the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth Cllr Tony Jones pictured above) will be deciding at a meeting on 4th November 2019 to “in principle” buy around two dozen shops in Milton Pavement and one shop at 13-15 St Werburgh’s Square from Mars Pension Trustees Limited (Mars Pension Fund).

The Cabinet will also be deciding “in principle” whether to add the Birkenhead Market site to its Wirral Growth Company joint venture with Muse Developments. Cabinet will also be deciding whether to remove the Allport Lane Car Park in Bromborough from the Wirral Growth joint venture following opposition to plans for housing on Allport Lane Car Park.
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University of Liverpool report recommends Wirral Council use 430 dwellings a year in Local Plan, former government minister for housing denies higher figure using standard method is a “target”

University of Liverpool report recommends Wirral Council use 430 dwellings a year in Local Plan, former government minister for housing denies higher figure using standard method is a “target”

University of Liverpool report recommends Wirral Council use 430 dwellings a year in Local Plan, former government minister for housing denies higher figure using standard method is a “target”

                                  

University of Liverpool invoice to Wirral Council
University of Liverpool invoice to Wirral Council

Above is an invoice I requested and received during the 30 day public inspection period. The invoice is from University of Liverpool to Wirral Council for £18,600 (£15,500 + VAT) and is for “settlement for three commissioned reports on the relationship between demographic change and demand for new housing”.
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EXCLUSIVE: Wirral Council “considered lending” £1.5 million to Tranmere Rovers Football Club!

EXCLUSIVE: Wirral Council “considered lending” £1.5 million to Tranmere Rovers Football Club!

EXCLUSIVE: Wirral Council “considered lending” £1.5 million to Tranmere Rovers Football Club!

                                 

GVA Financial Consulting Limited invoice regarding Tranmere Rovers Football Club loan advice
GVA Financial Consulting Limited invoice regarding Tranmere Rovers Football Club loan advice

An invoice (which you can read for yourself above) from GVA Financial Consulting Limited to Wirral Council dated 30th January 2019 was for financial advice costing £6,000 on whether to lend £1.5 million to Tranmere Rovers Football Club.
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