About One West Kirby
One West Kirby has been set up as a community interest company by a group of local residents concerned to make sure that West Kirby can sustain and diversify its position as a vibrant town centre on West Wirral, attracting visitors to our town centre, water sports, wildlife and leisure facilities.
West Kirby is at a point of change and opportunity. With the impact of Covid-19, changing demands on the high street, and changes afoot in the future use of the Concourse building and other town centre premises, we believe that now is the time to work with local residents, voluntary organisations and businesses to develop a set of consensual priorities and ideas and to input directly into future plans for the town. One West Kirby has been set up to take this forward.
We would like to build on the great work that already goes into the sustaining, conserving and renewing of our town, from the Marine Lake to the Beacon, in the parks and in the public realm – and engage with the local authority to develop plans that will lead to future investment of time, energy and money in West Kirby.
We have been working closer with the local organisations, businesses in the community and liaising with Wirral Borough Council and its consultants about a Neighbourhood Framework for the town and a Masterplan for the Concourse and Station areas of the town centre.
Our approach is to build on conversations with local residents, voluntary organisations and businesses and, with a public consultation to open discussions, to promote a prospectus of ideas that can then be worked on with Wirral Borough Council to develop a masterplan for our town centre, which will be at the core of future investment and ongoing improvements.
One West Kirby wants to draw expertise from a range of backgrounds and experiences to better represent the local community. We are actively seeking and encouraging applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to join our working group.