Fast Growth Homes scores goal with Everton hotel
Liverpool City Council unanimously voted to approve an 80-bed hotel by the football club’s upcoming Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium.
The decision, made yesterday, was in line with officer recommendation.
Fast Growth Homes was behind the plans, which had listed land owner Rohan Hughes as the applicant. FGH had an option for the site and had developed the proposals with Atelier 2 Architecture.
Set off Fulton Street in Liverpool’s Kirkdale ward, the future hotel would see the repurposing of a grade two-listed former mill to hold 32 rooms. A five-storey addition would also be built, with a capacity for 48 bedrooms.
The hotel would also include a bar, restaurant, spa, and pool. There is no car parking provided.
Work is estimated to start on site during the first quarter of next year.
The Fulton Street hotel will be among the first of five hotels that FGH is hoping to deliver in Liverpool alongside partner Brightstar Hospitality Management. Brightstar currently manages the Holiday Inn – Manchester Central Park, Oddfellows Chester, and Oddfellows on the Park in Cheadle.
The group has also lodged a Section 73 application to revive the former Atlantic Corner Hotel off Regent Road after having its initial application for a 50-bed hotel approved last year. If successful, FGH hopes to start work on that initiative around the same time as the Fulton Street project.
FGH declined to share information regarding the other three sites.
FGH managing director Chris O’Flaherty said: “Building on our recent successes across the City, we are pleased to receive this planning approval to bring forward a high-quality hotel and leisure development in the Ten Streets district of North Liverpool.
“We invested in this area of the city a number of years ago and believed then that developments such as our hotel portfolio would promote and support Liverpool’s role as a centre of tourism, culture, and major events.”
Paul Lloyd, co-director at FGH, added: “The proposal to retain and convert this listed mill building will secure the long-term future of the building, we always believed that a hotel in this area would provide a complementary use given the proximity to Bramley Moor football stadium.”
The Fulton Street application marks a reset of sorts for FGH. An SPV for the Liverpool-based developer dedicated to building 198 flats in Toxteth entered administration last year. In 2020, FGH was refused permission to demolish a series of warehouses off Waterloo Road to make room for a £10m hotel.
This go-round FGH has lined up a project team to see it through all five proposed hotels. This includes Falconer Chester Hall, Savills, Atelier 2, and contractor Truman Medlock.
To learn more about the Fulton Street project, search application reference number 22F/3397 on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal. In addition to Atelier 2, the project team for this scheme included ERAP, West Coast Geomatics, and AMNI Transportation.
