Demolition to pave way for Liverpool skyscrapers
Davos Property Developments and Beetham Group have applied to knock down several buildings on the northern fringe of its eight-acre waterfront masterplan to get it ready for the first of a cluster of towers.
Four blocks of buildings on Roberts Street, and at 1 Greenock Street, the former Greek restaurant at 11 -14 Waterloo Road, and the martial arts building next to the former King Edward pub site, will all be demolished if permission is granted by Liverpool City Council.
View the application and scope of the demolition work by searching for reference number 25PM/2541 on the city council’s planning portal.
The developers, whose vision for the site at King Edward Triangle include plans for Liverpool’s tallest ever building, also want to close part of Roberts Street, Greenock Street and Denison Street so that a construction compound can be created.
This would serve workers on the first of the proposed towers – a 28-storey building featuring 255 apartments at the junction of Waterloo Road and Paisley Street. Plans for this scheme were lodged in June and are expected to be approved soon.
“We are moving at pace and have every confidence in the quality of what we will deliver. These applications keep us on track,” said Hugh Frost, chairman of Beetham.
Pegasus Group is providing planning, economics, heritage and EIA services to the client team behind the King Edward scheme. Brock Carmichael is the masterplan architects.
After the new towns rejection this really is Liverpools last chance to be a serious city. No doubt certain councillors and officials will try to stop it.
By Tom
I wish TJ Morris (Davos) and Beetham massive good luck with all their applications for this site and I really hope that all at LCC that are involved in the planning application(s) for this site will see that here are businesses with a real track record of getting things done not just locally but nationally too and yes that LCC will see that nothing holds the application(s) up and that spades and diggers are put in and on the ground soon. The finances are clearly there and the will is clearly there from the developers to make the development happen. It is now down to LCC to clear the way to make sure it does happen. I live in hope and I hope that it is not a forlorn one.
By Brendan R
This is really great positive news at last. Whilst I was sceptical at first, it sounds like Davos PD & Beetham Group are seriously committing themselves to secure this development. I sincerely Hope no obstacles are put in their way. Nick Small if you genuinely believe Liverpool is open for business then you need to ensure this project gets the full support it deserves.
By Stephen Hart
LCC should be helping to rehouse businesses within the planning area looking years ahead instead of days. Working with developers rather than against would surely be the way to go.. Developers would have the confidence to commit to works in , what is, a long term building program. It always worries me when you see an ‘if LCC approve’.
By W Carson
More apartments that are dull to look at.. there is pretty much only the old dockwall left there now .. but why bury it behind bland.. can we not have buildings inspired by the sails and industry of the past instead of brick blocks and glass .monoliths..
This is a suitable place to build.. but why can’t we have awe inspiring buildings.. people are proud to live in.
By Anonymous
There still needs to be a serious discussion about where the many people living in these apartments will work. Central Liverpool has a dust bowl for a commercial district strewn with empty plots of land that should be home to Grade A office space housing regional commercial HQ’s and the jobs that go with it.
By Anonymous
Liverpool Labour will try and stop it because that’s all Labour are about . You seriously couldn’t make it up in Liverpool
By Anonymous
Will add to the Waterfront cluster that is already looking good from the river …
By Paul Blackburne
Great. More buy-to-rent tiny apartments
By Rob
Just get on with it
By Anonymous
Don’t drag your feet Liverpool giving planning permission get on with it as a priority otherwise beethham might decide to go somewhere else
By Anonymous
This is a good place to build.. but let’s have buildings that can be a hub for businesses
…large corporates/govt and multiple small business/tech sites.. and can we have some inspiring design.. it’s the seafront.. it should look fantastic as people approach and be instantly recognised as Liverpool
By Anonymous
W Carson.. exactly what should be happening.. they should be making Liverpool the destination for business.. much would follow.
Liverpool still has a good vibe for those on foot, build impressive buildings on the front.. people will want to come settle there
By Anonymous
@Rob, I understand from the initial proposals, these will be more spacious than normal and extra community space, hopefully this will prove true?
By Liverpool4Progress
great! destroying community and even kess for kids to do! developers have already taken away charm of three graces to be surrounded by really ugly buildings!
By Anonymous
Liverpool moving higher up the table in the European Cities Growth Index, potential for more should enable the right metrics for this development.
By Liverpolitis
If Liverpool goes the way of Manchester you will be ruining a beautiful city. Nobody wants to see skyscrapers everywhere. They are ugly and nobody can afford or wants to live in them. They are built for profit only and are an eyesore. It needs to be stopped. Liverpool is already a beautiful city don’t spoil it now.
By Elise Hasford
I’m somewhat confused about several comments on here. @Anonymous 3.30: if people don’t have jobs they won’t be living there surely? And if they can afford to do so without having a job what’s the problem? They’ll all be contributing to the economy one way or another. @Rob 5.26: what do you want instead? Smaller is more affordable and if it’s unwanted the market wouldn’t provide it surely? I kow it’s not entirely that simple, but the private sector tends to deliver what the market wants, and younger, first time buyers and young professionals probably aren’t able to afford luxurious three-bed apartments yet. We have to build upwards in the city centre – there’s not room to build outwards, and let’s face it, if we went back in time, none of the low-rise accommodation in and around the city centre fringes would be appropriate or be built today. We have enough issues here with a planning committee living in the past without everyone else talking everything down!
By HeadScratcher
More enormous out of scale towers wrecking the historic city. Keep on destroying Liverpool won’t you
By Old codger
I don’t see the need for any if these buildings. If you look up when walking around the city centre there are plenty of empty spaces. Only the ground floors of a lot of buildings are used.
I travelled across England by train last week. I was very sad to see Manchester and Leeds in particular had build many High rise buildings. They look awful and took me back to the 60s. In Liverpool many of the high rise eyesores have been demolished. I know it’s a cheap way to house people but it’s not the only way. I don’t want Liverpool to look like everywhere else I want it to look good. I love my City please don’t destroy it with out of date high rise option. Smaller building if done properly look beautiful.
By V Williams
An application to demolish the buildings but no application to redevelop the site….. no reason the demolition could form part of a full planning application to redevelop the site….
By Anonymous
Hi Anonymous. There is a live planning application for the first of the tall buildings in this area with a masterplan expected in the coming months. Best wishes, Dan.
By Dan Whelan
More cramming in of people with these apparentments. I can’t stand any new build property as they are so small compared to the new towns of the 60s.
By Rik
Looking at a number of the negative commenters on here shows why Liverpool is playing catch up, would they rather all the wasteland and weeds remain in place or would they like bungalows next to the Liver Building. Davos have already stated they will help to relocate the current businesses, and as for this development ruining a neighbourhood, what neighbourhood, they’re just a group of low-rise work sheds that should never have been put there in the first place.
Onwards and upwards I say, just get these towers built.
By Anonymous