Everton Football Club has submitted an outline planning application to Liverpool City Council for a community-led legacy development at Goodison Park.
The outline plans would see Everton’s current home redeveloped to provide a range of community assets in Liverpool 4 after the Club has moved to a new 52,888 capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
The Goodison Park Legacy Project, which allows the Club to build on the life-changing and life-saving work of its official charity, Everton in the Community, could include high quality and affordable housing, a multi-purpose health centre, community-led retail spaces, a youth enterprise zone, office and business facilities and green space which could include a lasting tribute to the Club’s achievements at Goodison Park.
Both schemes, a legacy development at Goodison Park and a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, make up The People’s Project and would have a transformational impact on North Liverpool, Liverpool City Region and the Northern Powerhouse, as well as deliver a series of benefits that will be vital to the city’s socio-economic recovery following the Coronavirus pandemic.
Combined, both developments would help kick-start the regeneration of the northern docklands, contribute a £1bn boost to the city region’s economy, create up to 15,000 jobs, attract 1.4m visitors to the city each year and deliver an additional £237m of societal value.
The planning milestone comes after the Club submitted a detailed planning application for a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in December 2019, with both applications due to be determined this summer.
Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale, Chief Executive of Everton, said: “Everton is a football club deeply rooted in its community and the Goodison Park Legacy Project is a symbol of our ambition, desire and commitment to Liverpool 4.
“We’ve been delighted by the support of the local community to our plans and the acknowledgement that we are creating facilities to empower and equip local people for generations to come.
“This project at Goodison Park is as ambitious as our new stadium development at Bramley-Moore Dock and will build on the £10m investment in buildings already made by the Club and Everton in the Community in Liverpool 4 over the last five years.”