Planning has been approved for a new Wirral Met College Campus at Wirral Waters.

The Peel Group, the developers behind Wirral Waters, have revealed the new designs for the waterfront campus.

The campus will be the first capital building on Wirral Waters, one half of the Mersey Waters Enterprise Zone, and will be a dedicated Built Environment, Skills and Enterprise Centre.

Peel and Wirral Met have been collaborating for some time in order that the college courses are aligned to the workforce needs of Wirral Waters and the wider economy, with courses in the renewable energy and construction sectors.

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The campus will be developed in partnership between Wirral Met and Peel with funding from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), the College and Peel.

The site preparation and remediation of the site itself has been made possible by a £2.5 million repayable loan from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to Peel.

The HCA loan has come via the Local Infrastructure Fund (LIF). Peel has described the HCA loan as an "essential component" to Wirral Waters and in the SFA's decision to award grant funding.

The joint Mersey Water Enterprise Zone plans in Wirral and Liverpool forms one of only 24 EZ’s in the country. EZ status gives businesses tax incentives to support growth and job creation.

(CD/MH)