The first 600 homes to be built under the Liverpool Housing Partnership are set to be approved by Liverpool City Council.

17 schemes that will draw in £97m of investment for 360 affordable rent properties, 50 for private rent and 241 executive homes. They will be delivered by partners Redrow Homes, social housing provider Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) and property contractor Wilmott Dixon.

Cllr Frank Hont, Cabinet member for housing, said: "We badly need a greater range of properties in Liverpool to make sure we can accommodate people whatever their individual circumstances.

"The advantage to the partnership is that we are working closely together in a joined up way to make sure we are building the right houses in the right place at the right time to meet demand, as well as bringing empty properties back into use. Where possible, and in the vast majority of cases, we are using land that was previously developed."

A total of 25 hectares of brownfield land which has previously been used for development is being assembled for the programme, which will see 580 new homes built and 71 houses refurbished. Of the 17 schemes, two are on site, eight are in planning, one is subject to master planning and six are at the feasibility stage.

Faye Whiteoak, development director for Redrow Homes, said: "We will be providing a wide range of properties, from starter homes to executive detached family houses, designed to extend the city's offering. As well as meeting housing demand, the developments will also stimulate the local economy and provide hundreds of jobs on site, in the supply chain and indirectly within other local business."
The programme will deliver the homes by March 2020.