Downtown Liverpool: A Manifesto for Development

Downtown Liverpool's proactive approach to growing the city:

Minimum Height Policy – 8 storeys minimum (would include list of unsustainably inappropriate buildings targeted for removal when possible)

Population Density Thresholds per acre (would have to tie in with a series of neighbourhood analysis to identify the minimum heights new buildings would need to be, given available sights etc to ensure thresholds for the area are reached)

Permeability Strategy – would include breaking traffic routes across town, time led traffic exclusion zones, rather than permanent pedestrianisation

Positive Tall Buildings Policy – A positive stance that would seek to factor in funding inducements etc to encourage as many tall buildings as the market can take. This would free us up to develop the social and economic policies that could lead to extra growth and the increase in capacity this would bring. If we add in some of those good conservation policies that exist (i.e. an adapted ‘Buildings at Risk’ file, but with a firm strategy to resolve issues with the top 50% immediately) a ‘holistic’ conservation and high growth agenda could evolve!

De-Zoning Guidance - Encouraging the current CBD to drift back towards the retail area as well as North into Northshore and Central Docks. This initiative would involve a number of interlinked strategies for office and residential redevelopment, including the revival of the upper floors of Church St, and utlising the juntion of Leeds St and the Strand as hub rather than gateway, with analysis of ‘issues’ that need to be addressed in order to facilitate success of the core strategy.

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