Liverpool is at a pivotal moment - the next decade is so important

Liverpool's north docks are key to the city's next chapter (Image: Liverpool Echo)

As someone who takes a professional interest in the agendas of Liverpool Council's regular planning committees meetings, I have, in recent years, often found myself frustrated.

Like most people who live here, I want to see Liverpool prosper and on too many occasions I have glanced hopefully at the list of proposed developments for the city and found it to be sadly lacking. Where we would like to see new housing developments and big ticket companies setting up offices, we have instead seen repeated plans for home conversions, convenience stores and 5G masts.

It's not always fair to compare Liverpool with Manchester , but they are our nearest city rival and at the moment it feels like when Manchester