£200m New Chinatown for Liverpool decision imminent

Previous plans for New Chinatown

PLANS for the regeneration of Liverpool’s Chinatown will move a step closer next week if planning permission is secured for the £200m development to deliver new homes, businesses, leisure facilities, a hotel and a unique Chinese retail core.

The blueprint for New Chinatown will go before the City Council’s Planning Committee with work on site due to commence in weeks if permission is granted.

The hybrid application is seeking detailed consent for the first phase of the project on Great George Street, and outline consent for the second and third phases.

The application follows selection of North Point Global as preferred developers for the key site in June of this year by Liverpool City Council and former site owners Urban Splash.

North Point Global chair Peter McInnes said: “This has been an incredibly intensive process to deliver planning on a project of this scale in such a short time period, but it underscores the importance of the project to the city and the Mayor’s determination to progress a key strategic site.

“Hopefully planning will be approved next week and we can really start to deliver something exceptional.”

The New Chinatown project has been identified by the Government as one of the key projects within the Northern Powerhouse initiative, and the scheme was presented recently to the Chinese Premier’s delegation during his visit to Manchester.

The scheme is fully funded and is being backed by both North Point’s established Chinese investment partners and the UKTI’s Regeneration Investment Organisation.

The development aims to create an entirely new kind of Chinatown that captures the energy and intensity of modern China, and creates a hub for Chinese businesses and retailers anxious for a foothold in the UK.

Lead Architect for the scheme, Antonio Garcia for BLOK Architecture, said: “From the beginning we have had a vision for an essentially Chinese development that will breathe new life and vibrancy into an historic but recently declining area. The Chinese theme has informed our design philosophy, the mix of uses and in particular the new retail and commercial core that will become a major new destination within the city.”

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