Wirral Council and ION Developments have signed a Master Development Agreement setting the framework for the 10–15 year regeneration, which forms a centrepiece of the borough’s brownfield-first strategy.
Vast former gas works site at Hind Street will be transformed
A funding package – made up of £29.8m from Homes England and £22.4m from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority – will be used to deliver major remediation and new infrastructure works needed to unlock the site.
Sisk has already completed early surveys, design and vegetation clearance and will now move on to a two-year main works programme to prepare the land for the first 633 homes.
Plans include demolishing the two flyovers to the Birkenhead tunnel as well as diverting a sewer underneath the site.
The scheme’s first phase will focus on the southern part of the site, before shifting to the northern section.
Once complete, Hind Street Urban Village will deliver 1,600 new homes alongside green space and community facilities, directly linked to Birkenhead town centre.
The Liverpool-based developer ION has a strong track record in delivering large-scale regeneration and mixed-use schemes, including Liverpool’s Paddington Village and Pall Mall office district.
