The first stage of the long-awaited Bootle Strand transformation has been granted planning approval.
Consent granted focuses on the first phase of the project, which concerns reworking the former M&S store into a food and beverage destination and the link of the canalside area, which already hosts an operational outdoor venue called Salt & Tar.
The canalside public realm will be enhanced by repurposing the lower ground floor unit to provide an active frontage to the waterside.
In addition, demolition work will reconnect the Strand with Stanley Road.
The first of four phases for the wider £20m regeneration of Bootle Strand.