On 16 th January 2026, the Mayor Steve Rotheram revealed a £2bn plan to build more than 64,000 new homes in the Liverpool City Region (LCR) by 2030.
Work with the City Region’s local authorities and housing associations has identified more than 300 sites on which 64,044 homes could be built.
The breakdown of the housing pipeline shows that in Sefton the target is 7,723 housing units across 48 sites.
The pipeline across the remainder of the City Region shows
Halton: 71 sites; 9,930 units
Knowsley: 31 sites; 2,999 units
Liverpool: 71 sites; 31,264 units
St Helens: 45 sites; 5,602 units
Wirral: 44 sites; 6,526 units
Totals: 310 sites; 64,044 units.
This is a massive increase in development across the City Region. The pipeline for Sefton shows that just 432 housing units are currently in delivery. The proposals show that in the short term (0 to 3 years) this will increase to 795 units. The medium term target (3-5 years) is 2,442 units and beyond 5 years the target is 4,054 units.
Funding for these projects, particularly on the more challenging sites, is being explored by the LCR and Homes England. The LCR is also planning a Mayoral Development Corporation with wide-ranging powers to acquire and develop sites. Initially this will focus on the North Docks area.
The proposals are being debated at the City Region on 23 rd January 2026 and whilst the report lists the potential sites and the financial strategies to be explored, the LCR is silent on the matter of how the necessary infrastructure will be developed to support this housing boom.
Where are the roads, sewers and telecom infrastructure? Where are the schools, doctors, dentists and local shops?
Whilst this is currently a numerical exercise, indicating over 64,000 new “housing units” we are not told how many of these represent affordable homes, homes for rent, dwellings for homeless people or families, or housing for sale.
The following lists the current, short-term and medium sites identified by Sefton Council. Other sites comprising longer-term opportunities have not been disclosed.
SEFTON HOUSING PIPELINE
Project Name Status - Number of new homes Forecast - project completion date
Heysham Road/Sentinel Way In Delivery 54 2028/29
Hawthorne Road H21 In Delivery 91 Mar-25
Hawthorne Road (Onward) In Delivery 67 Sep-25
Johnsons In Delivery 104 Apr-26
Buckley Hill In Delivery 63 Jul-25
Bootle High In Delivery 53 TBC
Hawthorne Grove Short 22 TBC
OVH Consolidation Scheme Short 25 TBC
Merton House Short 140 Jun-28
The Triad Short 228 2027/28
Park House, Waterloo Short 106 2029/30
Merton House, Bootle Short 114 2027/28
Kew Extra Care Short 139 2027/28
Well Lane, Bootle Short 21 2027/28
Litherland House Medium 135 Jun-28
Moor Lane, Ainsdale Medium 69 2031/32
Elmcroft Lane, Hightown Medium 120 2030/31
St Raymond's Medium 53 2030/31
Dale Acre School Medium 37 2030/31
Coffee House, Bootle Medium 72 2028/29
Land East of Maghull North Medium 880 2035/36
40 Lancaster Road, Birkdale Medium 147 2028/29
TT Cables/Peoples Medium 110 2030/31
Bootle Gas Works Medium 210 2031/33
St Johns House, Bootle Medium 325 2030/31
St Martins House, Bootle Medium 132 2027/28
St Anne's and St Peter's House, Bootle Medium 120 2029/30
Former Rawson Road School Medium 20 2030/31
Pendle Drive, Netherton Medium 12 2030/31
TOTAL FOR SEFTON 3669
