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New vision for
Garston
A NEW plan to drive forward
the economic regeneration of Garston Village, over the next 15
years, is set to be unveiled. The City's Cabinet will be
asked, on Friday, 21 March 2014, to endorse the Garston Village Masterplan.
Developed in partnership with the local community, the plan aims to
identify and guide development opportunities in the areas of Garston
Village, Garston Docks and Garston Under the Bridge.
It sets the framework for improving residential, industrial and
green space, and identifying projects which will reverse the decline
of Garston's high street, St Mary's Road.
As well as the longer-term vision for Garston Village, the
masterplan sets out a number of key aims over the next three years
for the area; which sits within the Speke Garston Mayoral
Development Zone; including:-
► The delivery of up to 100 new homes
► 10 refurbished retail units
► 3km of new cycle paths
► 1.2km of highway improvements
Liverpool City Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Councillor
Malcolm Kennedy, said:- "This is a really important plan for
our city. As one of the major gateways into our city, Garston is a
key, strategic priority for us, yet it still suffers from acute
levels of deprivation.
We want to change that, and this masterplan provides the vision for
driving forward the economic growth of the area.
It will guide us in our work to make Garston an attractive area of
business creation and growth, it will help us strengthen the
community, improve the environment, promote good health and create
employment opportunities. And it will help us unlock investment to
improve the quality, range and choice of housing. This is a
long-term vision for Granby and its success will come from a firm
commitment from the public, private and voluntary sectors to work
together with local people to build a better future for the area."
The masterplan covers five key, strategic themes:
► A good place to live. Proposals include the allocation of two
sites for new housing, a major scheme to refurbish older housing
stock and a new housing development on surplus land at Garson Docks.
► A good place to do business. This will focus on the protection of
the remaining industry in the area, including investment in the port
and the industrial estates on Blackburne Street.
► A green, well connected neighbourhood. This will be achieved
through the creation of two major new areas of open space at Dingle
Bank and on Banks Road, as well as a new cycle route connecting
Liverpool South Parkway with the Blackburne Street employment areas
and Speke Garston Coastal Reserve.
► A thriving high street, reviving St Mary's Road and Speke Road by
improving their image, attracting new business, redeveloping key
sites and filling vacant shops.
► A distinctive image and strong identity, through a programme of
new branding and signage.
The masterplan envisages that investment in projects will come from
the private sector, or through partnerships between the City Council
and other organisations active in the area, such as South Liverpool
Housing. In addition, all funding generated through development or
the sale of Council-owned land in the area will be directed towards
the on-going regeneration of the area.
The City Council will also look to unlock other funding sources,
such as from the National Empty Homes Fund, Growing Places Fund, Big
Lottery Fund, Regional Growth Fund and European Regional Development
Fund.
Garston was identified as a priority within The South Liverpool
International Gateway Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF),
launched in 2011 to bring forward regeneration in the south of the
city.
The Garston Village Masterplan has been developed by consultancy
specialists URBED (Urbanism, Environment and Design), who were
commissioned by the City Council in 2013 to deliver a new vision for
the area, working with local stakeholders.
Progress on the delivery of the plan will be reported to the City's
Cabinet and other partner organisations, annually.
You can view the masterplan by clicking on
here.
29 Year Old Charced Following Nags
Head, Thornton Assault
MERSEYSIDE Police have
confirmed that a 29 year old, called David McMullan, of no fixed
abode, has been charged with Section 18 Assault. This follows an
assault at the Nags Head pub car park, Thornton on Thursday, 16
February 2014. He will appear at Liverpool Crown Court on
Thursday, 27 March 2014.
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Liverpool's Zero tolerance
for litter louts
LIVERPOOL is to adopt a
zero tolerance approach to people who drop litter with more staff
empowered to carry out enforcement.
The tough new measures were announced by Mayor Joe Anderson
following a special summit convened to discuss how Liverpool can be
made cleaner and greener.
Over 80 delegates from more than 60 businesses, community
organisations, schools, housing associations, football cubs and
other groups attended the Town Hall summit.
"We could have had many more organisations present; the
summit was very much oversubscribed. which indicates how much interest there is this issue. It
clearly demonstrates how much people want Liverpool to be proud of
their city as it is clean and green and not tainted by the
anti-social minority who drop litter, fly-tip or let their dogs foul
our streets. The money we have to spend on cleaning up after them
and we spend £6.5m a year, could be far better spent on providing
other services.
So, we are going to have a blitz on those people who drop litter or
don't clean up after their dogs." said Mayor Anderson.
The Council will work with registered housing providers to train
their staff to take on enforcement powers. And more than 100 Police
Community Support Officers are also going to be enforcing
environmental crimes.
"It means that there will be very many more people working to
stop people littering our city at no extra cost to the Council
taxpayers." said Mayor Anderson.
He said that in the last 2 years £200,000 in fixed penalty notices
had been issued with 106 people prosecuted with the courts fining
them an average of £175. He added further initiatives on enforcement
would be announced soon.
Mayor Anderson said 26 apprentices, jointly funded by the City
Council and its streetscene contractors Amey will be employed to
help keep the City's streets clean.
He also announced a crackdown on businesses who created litter
problems. "Most traders see the value in a clean city in
attracting more visitors and this is especially the case in what it
going to be a really special year for Liverpool with major events
such as the International Festival of Business and the return for
the Giants. We want the city to be
sparkling clean for these events; and having set the standard
maintain it for everybody who lives here or visits Liverpool.
However, there are some fast food outlets who allow their customers
to create a mess. If they won't work with us in clearing away
rubbish we will review their opening hours through our licensing
process."
But as well as taking action against those who commit environmental
crime Mayor Anderson said there would be a reward scheme for good
behaviour such as using litter bins correctly. And he said that he
was setting a recycling target for the city of 55% plus by 2020, in
excess of the Government's target figure by using a number of new
measures.
A new poster campaign schools learning pack to support the
curriculum and teach children about the importance of environmental
issues will be drawn up; there will be a recycling collecting scheme
for business and improved access to recycling services for houses
which have passageways.
"By investing in recycling we not only benefit the city but we
also save; the less we bury in the ground, the less we are hit by
landfill tax.
All the new moves on enforcement and recycling are initiatives which
the Council can take but while we can play a major part in helping
to deliver a cleaner city, the message from today is very much that
we cannot do everything ourselves.
Businesses, community groups, schools and other organisations have
to show pride in their city by taking action themselves. Together we
can make a real difference in people's lives. Those organisations
attending the summit have signed pledges in which they commit
themselves to playing their part in helping to make Liverpool
cleaner and greener and we will work together to help deliver those
pledges." said Mayor
Anderson.
Fact File:-
14,000 tonnes of litter are removed from Liverpool's streets every
year.
£6.5million is spent on cleaning
the streets – that could pay for the education of 1960 primary
school pupils for a year or heating 4,500 homes.
It costs the Council £85 for every
tonne of waste it sends to landfill.
Next of Kin Appeal... Are you
related to Roger Davis?
THE Liverpool Coroner’s
Office are appealing for the public’s help in tracing the next of
kin of Roger Davis, who died in his home on Argos Place in Bootle,
Sefton, Merseyside, on Monday, 17 March 2014. His death is not being
treated as suspicious but is subject to an investigation by the
Liverpool Coroner’s office. Mr Williams was 69 years old. It is
believed Mr Davis has three adult children in the region and a
former partner in the Skelmersdale area. Mr Davis’ family, or anyone
who knows them, are asked to call the Liverpool Coroner’s Office
on:- 0151 225 5067. |
