Statement: 29 July 2022 Waterloo Dock Liverpool L3 SAVE WATERLOO DOCK Planning Appeal: APP/Z4310/W/21/3289762: Plot C02, L3 1DL We are surprised and deeply disappointed by the Planning Inspector’s decision to…
Read MoreIn December 2018 residents of Waterloo Warehouse and Quays received notice of a planning application that would stir a quiet community into action. Residents' concerns brought them together in a packed local…
Read MoreSave Waterloo Dock Neighbourhood Association continues to work tirelessly leading up to the forthcoming Public Inquiry. They have gained respect for their professionalism and tenacious campaigning on behalf of their…
Read Morehttps://www.savebritainsheritage.org/campaigns/item/767/PRESS-RELEASE-SAVE-welcomes-Liverpool-refusal-of-Waterloo-Dock-infill-scheme
Read MoreOur three-year battle to save historic West Waterloo Dock won its biggest victory yet on Tuesday 18 January 2022. The Liverpool City Council Planning Committee voted UNANIMOUSLY to accept the recommendation of its…
Read MoreOur three-year battle to save historic West Waterloo Dock won its biggest victory yet this morning. The Liverpool City Council Planning Committee voted UNANIMOUSLY to accept the recommendation of its Planning Department…
Read MoreDear Councillor: Back in 2013 all politicians in Liverpool were consulted on Peel Holdings outline planning permission for Liverpool Waters. Here at Save Waterloo Dock we would like to take the opportunity to inform you…
Read MoreLiverpool City Council yesterday published the agenda for their Planning Committee meeting on 18 January; this confirmed that Romal Capital’s Planning Application 21F/0377 is at long last scheduled tor consideration…
Read MoreOur hard-working MP Kim Johnson once again visited Waterloo Quays and The Warehouse to reinforce her support for the Campaign to Save Waterloo Dock and to send Festive Greetings to all our community. Her objection to…
Read MoreYES – to Appropriate Development Grade II Listed Waterloo Warehouse - heritage conversion to flats Waterloo Quay - residential new build: low rise, 4 storeys IOM Government marine ferry terminal - under construction…
Read MoreLiverpool City Council Plan states: ‘In Liverpool we are doing things differently’ ‘We are giving people a voice…’ ‘We will utilise our diverse community assets, including the skills, knowledge capacity, resources…
Read MoreA LETTER WENT OUT TO TONY REEVES THIS WEEK AND WAS COPIED TO COUNCILORS ACROSS PARTIES. A prompt response was received advising that our comments will be recorded and reported to the planning committee. Dear Tony and all…
Read MoreFollowing on from Kim's visit to West Waterloo Dock and her concern about the planning application (21F/0377) to infill the dock she reinforces her concern about the threat to Liverpool's heritage by speaking out with…
Read MoreAn outstanding programme of events and time for reflection: an opportunity to remember and consider how we work towards the future for a more equal, just society and inclusive communities. Gives us a chance to remember…
Read MoreKim and her Team visited Kirkdale this week touching base with grassroots community organisations. What a splash they made delighting residents with a visit to see for herself the Historic West Waterloo Dock. Kim was…
Read MoreLiverpool Maritime Mercantile City was cited as: “the supreme example of a commercial port at the time of Britain’s greatest global influence”. This decision follows that in 2012 to place the Liverpool World Heritage…
Read MoreWORLD HERITAGE WATCH Oral intervention on Item 7B.34 Thank you giving us the floor, Mr. Chair. World Heritage Watch makes this intervention on behalf of two civil society organizations from Liverpool. Save Waterloo Dock…
Read MoreWORLD HERITAGE WATCH Oral intervention on Item 7B.34 Thank you giving us the floor, Mr. Chair. World Heritage Watch makes this intervention on behalf of two civil society organizations from Liverpool. Save Waterloo Dock…
Read More" I am appalled to hear of this possible desecration of a historic site in Liverpool. On a recent visit filming here I was deeply impressed by some of the new development turning it into a cultural holiday destination…
Read MoreSAVE WATERLOO DOCK wrote to UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS on June 1, 21 with a constructive pragmatic and fair proposal of sensible compromise. We asked: "Defer the decision " A moratorium on new planning…
Read MoreSAVE WATERLOO DOCK OPEN LETTER 1 June 2021 Dr Mechtild E. Rössler Director – UNESCO World Heritage Centre 7 Place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris, FRANCE Save Waterloo Dock ( www.savewaterloodock.com ) is a neighbourhood…
Read MoreQuestion Lord Mike Storey To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Historic England’s view that (1) the Liverpool Docks are the largest and most complete system of docks anywhere in the world…
Read MoreOUR community of more than 1,000 residents has been kept in the dark about World War Two bombs found in West Waterloo Dock - just a few hundred metres from our homes. Liverpool City Council and local councillors have…
Read MoreBoth Merseyside Civic Society and The Georgian Group have expressed very serious concerns to Liverpool City Council about a developer’s plan to infill much of West Waterloo Dock and build three blocks comprising 33…
Read MoreTwo more influential UK heritage groups are objecting to plans to infill historic West Waterloo Dock and build 330 flats on the site. SAVE Britain’s Heritage calls on Liverpool City Council to refuse planning…
Read MoreNew planning application 21F/0377 seeks to infill West Waterloo Dock and build 330 flats and shops plus parking for 140 cars. It replaces an earlier plan by the same developer, now withdrawn, to infill the dock and build…
Read MoreONE of the biggest worries of local residents is whether the latest proposal - for 330 apartments - is financially realistic. And those concerns are based entirely on figures submitted by the developer and its own…
Read MoreTHE Save Waterloo Dock campaign is celebrating a major success in our two-year battle to save the historic Liverpool dock - after plans to build more than 530 apartments on the site were withdrawn by the developer. But…
Read MoreTHE Save Waterloo Dock campaign is celebrating a major success in our two-year battle to save the historic Liverpool dock - after plans to build more than 530 apartments on the site were withdrawn by the developer. But…
Read MoreTHE campaign to save historic West Waterloo Dock has been given a massive boost - thanks to a damning report from the Information Commissioner. The Commissioner’s Decision Notice concludes a 13-month saga that began with…
Read MoreHistoric England: Considers that the proposed infill of West Waterloo Dock “negatively impacts on the contribution West Waterloo Dock makes to the significance of the heritage assets . . . rendering the application…
Read MoreThe Victorian Society, which champions Victorian and Edwardian Architecture, has advised Liverpool City Council of its strong objection to the revised proposal by Romal Capital to partially infill West Waterloo Dock to…
Read MoreWe are delighted to report that our new Labour MP, Kim Johnson, who has already been in the job for a month has already added her voice to our campaign. Kim's office has written to us to advise: "I can let you know that…
Read MoreHistoric England has advised the Liverpool City Council Planning Department in a detailed five-page letter of their objection to the application by Romal Capital Ltd to partially infill West Waterloo Dock in order to…
Read MoreEuropa Nostra “Europa Nostra UK joins the fight to SAVE WATERLOO DOCK!” Europa Nostra has submitted a detailed and highly critical response to the Liverpool City Planning Department’s consultation relating to PA 18F…
Read MoreThe Scottie Press is out today, get your copy at your local shops; in Vauxhall; the Eldonian; or if you are in town the local radio stations including Radio Merseyside and City. Scottie Press reveal the scandal and…
Read MoreThe millionaire speculators who want to fill in this most historic of docks have very deep pockets. So we need top quality legal advice if we are to stand any chance of halting their plans - and saving the city’s World…
Read MoreIf you want to show your support in saving Liverpool's Heritage object to this proposed development by the 23rd December 2019. To do so please send objections to: peter.jones2@liverpool.gov.uk Copy in (CC) local…
Read MoreWho would spin this development as anything but a blot on the beautiful riverfront landscape. Already being described as a nuclear power station; army barracks; bunkers; it appears a cynical ploy by developers not at all…
Read MoreLiverpool’s maritime Archives and Library is a source to discover some insight into women's roles, generally records are scant in maritime history and records. However, the archives show that women were employed as…
Read MoreSave Waterloo Dock (SWD) is adamant that our local community has not been afforded sufficient opportunity for consultation. It demonstrates scant regard for current guidelines included in National Planning Policy…
Read MoreSpeaking at the UK MIPIM property summit Tony says ‘there is no secret that Liverpool is on the at risk list for WHS’ ... ‘the council takes heritage really, really seriously.’ The CEO doesn’t specifically mention the…
Read MoreSAVE BRITAINS HERITAGE STATES Historic West Waterloo Dock remains under threat from a highly controversial infilling and tower block scheme, despite strong opposition from local campaign groups, heritage organisations…
Read MoreJames, also known as Jim originated from British Guiana (Guyana). At fourteen he stowed away on a ship on its way to Liverpool and was adopted by an Irish family in the Scottie Road area. He worked on the docks, was a…
Read MoreT S Lowry painted the Waterloo Dock in 1962 and the painting hangs in the Walker Art Gallery. We welcome Alice Lenkiewicz, an artist and daughter of the famous Robert Lenkiewicz who supports the Save Waterloo Dock…
Read MoreTHE Save Waterloo Dock campaign had a welcome visitor recently. Despite it being one of the wettest days of this soggy summer, Mayoral Heritage Lead Alice Bennett spent almost two hours with members of the campaign team…
Read MoreIt is abundantly clear now that approval of planning application 18F/3247 and the destruction of West Waterloo Dock will be the reason Liverpool will lose its World Heritage Status. Mayor Joe Anderson has made his…
Read MoreSome development crises have been caused by a combination of established ‘failures'-mismanagement, corruption; embezzlement but todays developer is 85% reliant on ‘fractional sales’, according to local journalist…
Read MoreFilling in historic West Waterloo Dock is not a new idea. British Waterways - backed by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board - tried get approval to do it in 2006, when the Leeds-Liverpool Canal was being extended through…
Read MoreScottie Press is an indispensable source of information for local communities. It’s a great read, ensures local people are kept informed of whats happening in their communities along with wider City news and scoops…
Read Moresavebritainsheritage.org SAVE Britain's Heritage is the latest reputable and much respected organisation, a National Charity to object to the infill of Waterloo Dock. One of our team met recently with the director of…
Read MoreWe at SWD welcome the impending arrival of our new ISLE OF MAN FERRY TERMINAL. We have raised concern around the design/development of the new terminal. Those concerns are being listened to and investigated by the…
Read MoreJust over a week ago Unesco’s draft report on Liverpool was leaked, warning that Merseyside WILL lose its World Heritage status unless the council mends its ways - and naming West Waterloo Dock as one of their biggest…
Read MoreThe second image is a prediction of the future - a media moguls perception, effectively fake news. Not to scale. Waterloo Warehouse, in the background is 5 storeys high. The proposed development in front is going to be…
Read MoreThe DRAFT Decision 43 COM 7A.47 on the UNESCO World Heritage Website presumably for approval at the forthcoming UNESCO WH Committee Meeting is damning. In particular:- A) From the State of Conservation Report 201…
Read MoreRead more here: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-brink-losing-world-heritage-16497155 Thanks to the many agencies who continue to support us to get our voices heard.
Read MoreThere is a growing list of eminently credible objectors to the destruction of this Historic Dock. If this happens we will surely lose our World Heritage Status. UNESCO; English Heritage; Historic England; Merseyside…
Read MoreAn email has been sent out to Lesley Woodridge of Liverpool City Council, once again asking her for information, please see below: Lesley Woodridge, Liverpool City Council Firstly, the enquiry about your participation as…
Read MoreWe need you to write to us (only needs to be a sentence or a short paragraph ) about how you are affected/will be affected from a personal perspective. This should read like “my everyday life" scenario; “how it feels to…
Read MoreA report by the Institute of Cultural Capital in a study conducted by a joint partnership between the University of Liverpool and John Moores University concludes: ‘The experience of the Liverpool World Heritage Site and…
Read MoreOur research team are doing great in preparation for our challenge in terms of what we believe is a flawed process and if it comes to it, judicial review. We are now aware that Historic England wrote to Liverpool City…
Read MoreOver 1000 signatures were collected from residents of Liverpool who were queuing up to sign the petition. Every signature supporting this campaign in objecting this proposal! You can still sign our online petition by…
Read MoreResidents of Waterloo Warehouse and Waterloo Quay were made aware of this proposal and united to object to the infill of the most of the historic West Waterloo Dock, in order to build six, high rise blocks of 64…
Read MoreThe petition was started just a few weeks ago and already has over 1000 signatures.
Read MoreSave Waterloo Dock launched a Twitter Account @WaterlooDock. The Twitter account has been launched to raise awareness of the campaign and the threat that the planned development has to Liverpool's heritage.
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