People have had many ‘big ideas’ for Hoylake in the past, perhaps most ambitiously presented in 2004 with the BDP ‘Hoylake and West Kirby Masterplan’. Some ideas have been realised, others not.
Here we present a collection of pieces of research, ideas and reference for you to consider; these have been produced by paid consultants, university students, local groups and developers.
There are also sections at the end of this list which records the origins and ongoing development of the Forum; minutes of meetings and links to current major planning applications (Wirral Council website).
NOTE: Presentation of these documents does not imply endorsement by Hoylake Vision, they are simply offered in the interests of assisting informed conversation.
Whole Hoylake
- Condensed “What’s Your Vision” survey results
- Economic Regeneration and Community Planning Select Committee Meeting 18.11. 02 Hoylake & West Kirby: current opportunity and future strategy
- Review of Liverpool City Region Tourism, Locum Consulting
- BDP Masterplan 2004, BDP Associates. A report commissioned by Wirral Council
- ‘Hoylake A’ 2012 report produced by Liverpool University Civic Design Department
- ‘Hoylake B’ 2012 report produced by Liverpool University Civic Design Department
- Roger Tym Main Report from 2009 informing Core Strategy Local Plan and recommending Hoylake Downgrade ‘reclassification’
- WMBC Core Strategy Preferred Options report based on Roger Tym Research 2010
- Hoylake Village Life response to WMBC commissioned Core Strategy Report by Roger Tym & Partners
- HVL 2011 Census data analysis
- WMBC Draft Settlement Area Policy – Settlement Area 6 – Hoylake and West Kirby
- IPSOS MORI Wirral visitor research 2012
- A New Vision for North West Coastal resorts, including Hoylake, NWDA, 2003
- Historic Towns Forum website
- Placecheck website (Neighbourhood Plan Walks)
- Hoylake Junction news website
- Hoylake Village town portal website
- Hoylake Community Cinema website
- Hoylake Conservation Area website
- Hoylake HELP shop website
- Locality: Roadmap Guide to Neighbourhood Planning
- Locality: Quick Guide to Neighbourhood Planning
- Locality: Identifying Assets of Community Value
- Locality: Nominating Assets of Community Value
- NLP Wirral Retail and Leisure Study 2016
- Hoylake Beacon scheme introductory flyer
- PLACED survey and consultation analysis 2021
Carr Lane/Gilroy area
- 2010 “proposal to drop the railway underground at Hoylake”, produced by Hoylake Village Life
- 2011 “A railway bridge at Hoylake”, produced by Hoylake Village Life
- 2011 Car Lane level crossing traffic survey
- 2006 Capita Symonds Needs Assessment report commissioned by WMBC in relation to Golf Resort Proposals
- 2008 Capita Symonds Biodiversity and Wildlife report commissioned by WMBC in relation to Golf Resort proposals
- 2010 Hoylake Village Life ‘An Eco Golf Resort’ alternative proposals including Wildfowl and Wetland centre (REVISED 2017)
- Hoylake Village Life introductory letter to alternative Golf Resort Proposals
- Transcript of presentation 09.12.17 at Hoylake Parade Community Centre.
- Hoylake Village Life Open Letter to the Leader of the Council 11.12.17
- 2012 Wirral Council invitation to developers expressions of interest for Golf Resort project
- Machrihanish Dunes Golf Resort GEO Environmental Report
- Hoylake Golf Resort – Brochure for Wirral Council procurement launch October 2013
- Hoylake Golf Resort: independent website representing opposition to current Resort proposals
- Hoylake Golf Resort: Hoylake Vision presentation to Hoylake Chapel meeting in response to CPRE/Wirral Society claims
- 3d-view Boundaries of Township, NDP and Golf Resort
Design and public realm
- West Kirby and Hoylake Public Realm report, produced by Atkins consultants for WMBC
- 2011 Shopfront Design Guide, produced by Hoylake Village Life
- Wirral Council Shopfront Policy SH8
- Wirral Council SPD ‘Planning out Crime’ (4.4.1 ‘Roller Shutters’)
- Three perspectives on shopfront security: HVL website
- Shopfront security and design guides: twelve council examples from elsewhere in the UK
Town centre: daytime economy
- New Economics Foundation ‘Reimagine your High Street“
- Portas Pilots ‘Portas Review’
- Hoylake Experian GOAD Report 2010
- Hoylake Town Team video
- Experian/ATCM: Town Centre Futures White Paper 2020
- Wirral Retail Study Update (GVA)
- GVA Retail Study Appendix 1 (Comparison)
- GVA Retail Study Appendix 2 (Convenience)
- Hoylake Village Life: A sustainable vision for Hoylake Town Centre conversation starter
- Hoylake Village Life: A case for challenging the lease arrangements between WMBC and Birkenhead Markets Limited and the Market Charter
- Tom Cleaver, Blackstone Chambers: Modernising the Laws of Markets and Fairs
- Roger Tym/WMBC STrategy for Town Centres, retail and commercial leisure
- Public transport journey times to Hoylake 2010
- Breakdown of upper floor uses including Hoylake 2010
- Hoylake shops 2011
- Wirral Town Centre Strategy 2011
More information is available in the Local Development Framework Evidence base (WMBC website)
Town centre: night time economy
- Association of Town Centre Management: Night Time Economy (website)
- Purple Flag website (accreditation scheme for excellence in night time town centre management)
- Purple Flag Night Time Economy Best Practice Guide 2012
- Purple Flag Kickstart: workshop guide
- Merseyside Police Crime Statistics (Hoylake, West Kirby & Thurstaston combined)