Wirral Council is planning to sell off a former Ministry of Defence site as part of a major housing development.
The nearly 20-acre site is in Bromborough and was given outline planning permission in November 2022 for up to 249 homes.
The housing development is linked with an application next door for 217 homes on the Riverside Business Park. Together up to 466 homes will be built under current plans.
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The area is near to Eastham Country Park. In November councillors argued that the development would help improve the area and support the local authority’s draft Local Plan which is currently being examined by the UK government.
The Ministry of Defence previously used the site to store oil underground. It was bought by the council in 2005. It was later included in a number of sites to be developed by the Wirral Growth Company, the council’s joint venture with developer Muse.
The plans included creating “an attractive well-designed residential development appropriate to its setting” with the houses being a mixture of two, three, and four bedroom homes.
It has not been made public how much the council plans to sell the land for but as it will be for more than £500,000, the sale needs to be approved by the local authority’s senior Policy and Resources committee.
At a meeting on March 22, the council's Policy and Resources committee is recommended to approve the proposal and give the management of the sale to council directors.
Concerns had been raised by Cllr Jo Bird over the application at the November meeting who said ward councillors hadn’t been notified properly as well as school provision in the area.
However councillors on the committee said school and travel related issues had been addressed and pointed to the benefits of the scheme when voting it through.
The application was approved with requirements for 20% affordable housing, new cycle lanes and footpaths as well as new bus stops on Old Hall Road.
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