Liverpool is set to lose its World Heritage status, according to a UNESCO report citing detrimental waterfront developments "eroding the integrity" of the site.
In its report into sites currently at risk, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) recorded a draft decision to remove Liverpool's docks from the World Heritage list.
"Decides to delete Liverpool ? Maritime Mercantile City (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) from the World Heritage list," said the report in its list of action points.
UNESCO, which maintains the prestigious list of sites of significant historical and cultural interest, will make a final decision next month.
Liverpool Waters 
The report cites several developments including the £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters development and in the waterfront and northern dock as the reason for the site losing its status. "The inevitable process for the implementation of the Liverpool Waters project and other large scale infrastructure projects in the waterfront and northern dock area of the property and its buffer zone have progressively eroded the integrity of the property and continue to do so as the most recent project proposals and approvals indicate," said the report.
The planning application for a new football stadium in Bramley-Moore Dock was also cited as "adversely" impacting the "authenticity" of the site.
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