More than 1,700 homes look set to be built as part of a “new community”.
Two housing developers are set to create new housing projects adjacent to one another on former green belt land east of Maghull.
The East Maghull Consortium is proposing a huge plan to knock down existing buildings to the north of School Lane and build 855 homes, an older persons' housing scheme, a mixed-use local centre and public open space.
Bosses at Countryside Properties and Persimmon Homes are planning to build a further 841 houses and are seeking permission for 25 properties for an added residential older persons scheme.
The huge new community of 1,721 properties would be built on a stretch of largely arable farmland associated with Bridge Farm and The Poplars between residential Maghull and the M58.
The site is about a mile from Maghull town centre and 7½ miles north of Liverpool city centre.
Sefton Council agreed to remove the land from the Green Belt to allow it to be used for homes and a business park in April 2017.
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However, the site has been controversial among residents in Maghull and both planning applications have received hundreds of objections.
After a lengthy debate at a meeting last January, Sefton’s planning committee agreed the plans should be deferred so the developers may construct a thorough “environment management plan”, and provide further information on the new spine road, in response to neighbours’ concerns.
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When the committee meets virtually next Wednesday (March 17), the 855-property East Maghull Consortium plans are set to be approved with conditions subject to the completion of a Section 106 legal agreement.
Countryside Properties and Persimmon Homes 841 development is also set to be approved under the same guidelines.
