Liverpool Garden Festival Site

**Digital Fanatic** · 09-22-2009

Originally Posted by naked lilac

Excellant news.. Wonder how much the homes will go for..and where they will be incorporated in the Park? Sounds lovely though...

They are doing the gardens first... the housing will all be at the old Festival Hall/car park end of the IGF site.

**GingerTheCat** · 09-23-2009

Could be a long wait for the houses though.

Extracts from the council meeting minutes...

3.1. In the current market Langtree are not proposing to take forward the
residential development at the present time. They remain, however,
keen to progress the scheme as a whole and have been exploring
how the development of the new waterfront park can be delivered in
advance of an upturn in the residential market that was intended to
fund it. It should be noted that, in any case, the residential
development was always intended to be phased over a 15 year build
period.

3.4. Langtree are still committed to building out the residential
development once market conditions improve and indeed they will
only be able to recoup the considerable costs they have incurred on
this site to date by doing so. At that stage the NWDA grant would be
clawed back and would be available for reinvestment in other
projects.

**naked lilac** · 09-23-2009

Ta guys.. At least a nice Garden site is still in the works.. Still sounds good..

**Digital Fanatic** · 09-25-2009

Yeah will be good to see the gardens in public use again instead of the vandals who are using the site at the moment!

**Digital Fanatic** · 11-24-2009

Anyone seen any activity on the IGF site?

**Kev Keegan** · 11-25-2009

nope

**marky** · 12-03-2009

A couple of workmen were clearing rubbish away from inside the site today.

**Digital Fanatic** · 12-03-2009

Originally Posted by marky

A couple of workmen were clearing rubbish away from inside the site today.

thanks

**GingerTheCat** · 12-17-2009

The council has put a Tree Preservation Order on a large number of trees around the Riverside Drive/Promenade Gardens area.

If you start at the roundabout where the festival dome used to be it's all the trees between Riverside Drive and Floral Wood going all the way along to Ellerman Road. Then the thinner strip of trees between Promenade Gardens, The Bulrushes Orchid Grove and Glendale Close Shorefields Village. Going up as far as opposite Thistledown Close. Also covered are the trees between Floral Wood and Cottonwood.

The reason given is that

This site was considered for protection back in 1999 but due to staffing issues at the time it was not made. This woodland is considered to be of great amenity value making a valid contribution to the character of the surrounding area. There have recently been several enquiries made relating to the protected status of these trees. Protecting them with a Tree Preservation Order will insure that they will be managed correctly to ensure their long term retention and health"

Great news

http://www.riversidedrive.org.uk/ind...ion-Order.html

**brian daley** · 12-19-2009

I converted these tonight , I've only posted the four because I don't want to take up too much space, I have quite a few more if you are interested,
BrianD

**Kev Keegan** · 12-19-2009

Very interested, don't worry about space, there's plenty

**lindylou** · 12-19-2009

Thanks for posting pics Brian

**brian daley** · 12-19-2009

Here's another selection from 84, my wife Sue and our childrenn feature in some of the shots. Son's now 40 and daughter is 35,to me this seems like yesterday,
BrianD

**brian daley** · 12-20-2009

A few more from 84,
BrianD

**pablo42** · 12-20-2009

Thanks for that Brian. I weren't here then, off doing me voodoo. Tragic waste of a resource, why was it left to go to ruin. That woulda made a nice park.