The council is leading Wirral’s place shaping agenda – creating a strong economy based on brownfield first regeneration and delivering social, people-focused regeneration that benefits Wirral as a whole.
Generating inward investment, new employment opportunities for our most deprived neighbourhoods and helping to address the economic and health disparities within the borough. Leading and influencing Wirral’s place role in the Liverpool City Region and wider region.
Outcomes
- more investment secured and created to deliver regeneration in Wirral
- more jobs created and more people in good quality, sustainable work
- more quality, environmentally sustainable and affordable homes
- more businesses (including community/social enterprise) established and survive
What we will do
- attract new investment (grants and private sector) to support regeneration
- drive Brownfield Local Plan including neighbourhood masterplans
- progress neighbourhood master plans
- deliver local employment and skills activity
- coordinate worklessness initiatives in our most deprived areas
- deliver new, attractive environmentally sustainable housing (including affordable)
- tackle homelessness
- support local businesses
- enable local community wealth building and asset transfers
How it will be measured
- value of new investments
- grant funding secured
- private sector investment secured
- brownfield land remediated
- number of jobs created and safeguarded
- more people in well paid jobs
- apprenticeships
- increase in housing units and affordable homes
- reduction in those living in temporary accommodation
- business count (including social enterprise) increase
- Social Value secured