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Liverpool council鈥檚 planning committee has thrown its weight behind plans to regenerate some 60ha of dockland to provide some 9,000 homes and world-class leisure facilities.

The authority said Peel Holdings鈥� 拢5.5bn plan would create 鈥渢housands鈥� of new jobs as it incorporated 3 million ft² of commercial development, a cruise liner terminal, hotels, shops, restaurants and leisure facilities.

However Unesco inspectors have warned that the proposals, which include the tallest building outside London, risk overshadowing the city鈥檚 World Heritage Site Pier Head buildings.

The plans will now pass to the Department for Communities and Local Government to decide whether a planning inquiry will be required for the scheme.

Council leader Joe Anderson said the 鈥測es鈥� vote was one of the most significant and far-reaching in the city鈥檚 recent history.

鈥淚t is a vote of confidence in a new beginning of a great city,鈥� he said.

鈥淭he scale of what is being proposed is breath-taking. It is a scheme which is unprecedented in its ambition, scope and potential to regenerate a city.
鈥淲e do not live in the past, we are not a museum. I care passionately about the future of Liverpool and the opportunities and life chances we give our children.

鈥淭oday鈥檚 decision is for future generations.

鈥淓verybody - including the committee - is well aware of the concerns about heritage, but we can have the strikingly modern, while retaining our World Heritage status.鈥�