The result of a Neighbourhood Masterplan by HLP under the Housing Market Renewal Initiative.  The first phase was built in accordance with agreed design codes to create a hierarchy of spaces with the urban grain of the older terraced streets.

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The Edge Hill area of Liverpool has important historic connections including Edge Hill railway station, terminus of the first passenger railway in the world and the tunnels of Joseph Williamson, ‘the Mole of Edge Hill’.  HLP led a design working group including the City Council, the community, English Heritage and CABE as well as the developer to develop a Masterplan and Design Code.

The strong urban grain of the neighbourhood formed a framework, within which a new housing neighbourhood was designed to create a safe secure environment with a network of ‘green routes’ and ‘home zone’ principles to reduce traffic speed.

The new housing provides a mix of types and tenures and reinterprets the character of the older properties with a sympathetic pallet of materials including reuse of salvaged terracotta features.

The new housing designed by HLP, incorporates a range of parking solutions and is one of the best selling sites in the north west, transforming the local housing market and raising the economic base.