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<\/p>\nKnowsley Council took ownership of the site in 2022<\/p>\n
Prescot Shopping centre in town centre.(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n
The first phase of demolition of a Merseyside shopping centre is complete with hopes its redevelopment will bring \u201cnew confidence\u201d to the town. In 2022, Knowsley<\/a> Council completed the \u00a31.3m purchase of Prescot<\/a> Shopping Centre.<\/p>\n It was revealed in September<\/a> last year how the \u201coutdated and underused\u201d areas of the site were being demolished while the former Stephenson Print building has already been flattened. These works form part of a wider regeneration scheme for Prescot as Knowsley Council<\/a> aims to \u201crevitalise\u201d the area.<\/p>\n Now more than half a million pounds of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority funding is being used to enable the next stage of the scheme. This could include further demolition work to make the site more financially sustainable.<\/p>\n Work began in the old Somerfield supermarket to make it ready for future development last September. Cabinet members endorsed a proposal to accept \u00a3600,000 from the city region\u2019s regeneration capacity building fund to draw up plans for a reimagined shopping centre site.<\/p>\n Cllr Tony Brennan, cabinet member for regeneration and economic development, said the funding would take the council\u2019s ambitions for Prescot Shopping Centre to the next stage. He added how the authority\u2019s decision to buy the centre had been \u201cbold\u201d after \u201cyears of private ownership and under investment.\u201d<\/p>\n Cllr Brennan said the first phase of demolition of the site had been completed alongside urgent maintenance and repair works. He said the redevelopment of the centre would bring a \u201cnew confidence\u201d to Prescot.<\/p>\n The cabinet member said in its previous state, the centre did not meet the expectations of residents and business and was not deemed \u201cfinancially viable to maintain.\u201d Further consultation will now move forward with a view to progression towards a formal planning application.<\/p>\n Prescot shopping centre<\/p>\n As part of this, the centre will include a new library, museum and cultural offer, alongside an increased capacity in the car park. Members also accepted a major cash injection<\/a> from the government\u2019s housing agency to transform Huyton<\/a> Village.<\/p>\n Cllr Brennan said the acceptance of \u00a319m from Homes England for the redevelopment of Cavendish Walks in the heart of the town centre was a \u201clandmark moment for Huyton\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n Demolition of existing sites including a multi-storey car park and relocation of the town\u2019s library is also proposed.<\/p>\n As part of the project, the council owned land will be renamed \u2018St Michael\u2019s Place\u2019, in recognition of the nearby St Michael\u2019s Church landmark and the wider history of the area.<\/p>\n A high point was reached for the scheme when Homes England approved a bid for \u00a319m through the Brownfield Infrastructure and Land (BIL) Fund.<\/p>\n This funding will unlock the regeneration site by enabling essential demolition works, ground works, infrastructure installation, and redevelopment of 6\u20138 Cavendish Walks into a new library and community hub, alongside delivery of the Village Green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Knowsley Council took ownership of the site in 2022 Prescot Shopping centre in town centre.(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,16552,41030,179,1693,16,15],"class_list":["post-834871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-huyton","tag-knowsley-council","tag-liverpool","tag-prescot","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116252431428244036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Prescot](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JS86309379.jpg\")
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