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Summary
On behalf of developers Langtree Plc and the David Mclean Developments Spawforths secured outline planning permission in 2008 to redevelop and restore the former Liverpool International Garden Festival site.
The application was subject to extensive community and stakeholder engagement with, amongst others, CABE and CABE Space through Design Workshops, which informed development of the scheme.
The £250 million scheme for the 35 hectare site involved demolition of the derelict festival hall and will provide more than 1,300 homes, shops and local amenities and restore 56 acres of landscaped grounds. It plans to cultivate the site's gardens - including the original Chinese and Japanese gardens - in partnership with the Land Restoration Trust.
Construction on connecting the park to Otterspool Promenade and restoring the Oriental gardens, the lakes and waterways and landscaping woodland trails returning them to public use began in February 2010 and is expected to be complete by February 2011.
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