The Peel Group has been working on plans for the Liverpool Waters project for several years and is now looking to begin the reinvention of some 14 million square feet of mixed-use floor space across 150 acres of waterfront land.
Areas of new office space will be made available if the regeneration scheme succeeds, and developers are hoping to see thousands of jobs created in Liverpool and across Merseyside as a direct result of their expansive plans for the region.
The Peel Group’s development director, Lindsey Ashworth, said: “It is a fantastic and almost unbelievable achievement to get a scheme of this scale and nature to a point where a planning application can be submitted.
“I have to say that it’s been very difficult to get a general consensus of agreement, but we have managed this because all the stakeholders are proud of Liverpool and want this project to be delivered, and therefore have made massive efforts to get it to this stage.”
To reach completion over the next several years, the Liverpool Waters project is expected to require around £5.5 billion in investment in the northwest of England.
Editor’s notes: In August 2010, a set of plans relating to the Wirral Waters scheme earmarked for close to the mouth of the River Mersey received the unanimous backing of local council members, much to the delight of Peel, who were again behind the ambitious endeavour.
As of 2023, the Land & Property arm of the Peel Group rented out more than half a million square feet of grade A office space to customers around the UK, including Morgan Stanley, HSBC, the NHS and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
An outline of the 30-year Liverpool Waters masterplan is available here.
As of June 2026, one of the most recent high-profile developments within the Liverpool Waters scheme was the delivery of Everton football club’s new stadium in the Northern Docks.
Known as Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium during construction, the stadium was named after the commercial dock on which it was built.
In November 2017, the club agreed to a 200-year lease with Peel Holdings and, in 2018, revealed its plans to build a new 52,000-seat stadium and move from Goodison Park, where it had played since 1892.
On 24 August 2025, the stadium hosted its first competitive match, a Premier League fixture between Everton and Brighton.
As of June 2026, Everton’s home stadium was named the Hill Dickinson Stadium for sponsorship purposes, named for the commercial law firm headquartered in Liverpool.