Liscard Dominick House Update

Plans to deal with an eyesore building in Liscard town centre are set to be decided upon by councillors.

Dominick House has been vacant for eight years and more recently has been affected by antisocial behaviour.

Now a plan to address the longstanding issue affecting the town centre will be considered by members of Wirral Council’s Economy, Regeneration and Housing Committee.

Councillors are now being asked to approve the purchase of the leasehold interest in Dominick House. The council, which already owns the freehold, would then sell the site as a single asset to the owners of the neighbouring Cherry Tree Shopping Centre.

The report notes that taking no action by the council would mean the centre of Liscard continues to be negatively impacted by the empty building. The council could also sell the freehold but this would not necessarily mean the future owner would use the site to help the town centre.

Dominick House was developed circa 1970 as a government office as part of the overall development of Liscard Town Centre, but in 2018 became vacant.

The report prepared for the Economy Regeneration & Housing Committee says that if the council sells the building to the owners of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard it cannot compel the new owner to do anything with the empty building but that “it is clear that the owners of the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre have a vested interest in addressing the issue”

The report says: “The owners of the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre understand the issue that Dominick House causes for the Town Centre and the resultant impact it has for their centre, as an adjoining owner. They believe obtaining the site would enable them to remove a blight and generate opportunities for them, which in turn create opportunities to increase the vitality of the centre of Liscard overall. The likely outcome would be to see the building demolished, and the land incorporated into the Shopping Centre.”

The report will be presented to the Economy Regeneration & Housing Committee at its meeting on Monday, 14th September. For more details see the Agenda for Economy Regeneration & Housing Committee on Monday, 14th September 2026, 6.00 p.m. | Wirral Council