Go-ahead for 262-bedroom Liverpool student scheme
Located off Oldham Place, the 10-storey development can move forward following the signing of a Section 106 agreement.
Approved in principle by Liverpool City Council in April, the authority has now handed down a decision notice granting planning consent for the 262-bedroom scheme
Under the terms of the S106 agreement, developer 11171749 Limited, which lists Kerrie Marie Baker as its sole director, will contribute £456,000 towards public open space, as well as £182,000 for the planting and maintenance of 228 trees.
Designed by architecture practice F2A, the most recent plans for the Liverpool site provide a mixture of cluster and studio flats.
According to Companies House, The John Halewood Settlement registered a charge against 11171749 for the Oldham Place land earlier this month. This trust manages the estate of Lambrini founder John Halewood, who died in 2011.
Until 2005, the site was used as a car park. Since then, various proposals have come forward for its redevelopment but none have materialised.
In 2008, Liverpool City Council granted consent for a 51-apartment project before the proposal was superseded by a six-storey student scheme four years later.
A refreshed iteration of the student accommodation development was given the go-ahead in 2016 before Kenworth Investments won approval for a 266-bedroom project in 2017.
In 2020, the site was acquired by 11171749 Limited, the investor behind the current proposals, according to Land Registry records.
The plot is located next to the site of Renshaw Hall, which is currently being redeveloped into a hotel and student scheme.
However, the developer behind that project, NR Capricornus, is in administration.
To learn more about the Oldham Place project, search for reference number 22F/2689 on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal.
Wouldn’t it be nice if they made people who live in this city who need places to live a priority?
By Anonymous
Which hotel operator is taking renshaw hall?
By Conor
Over £630,000 for the sec. 106 agreement, that sounds like a lot, including £182,000 for tree planting and maintenance,glad this is going ahead though. Wasn’t there meant to be a Moxy hotel on the other site?
By Anonymous
More student accommodation that’s not needed
By Anonymous
More anti-students comments out in force again, Liverpool likes to market itself as a welcoming open city, especially when Eurovision took place, but students are demonised.
Developers have lots of opportunities to put forward plans to purchase or rent homes with ample land in the Baltic or Vauxhall, anyway this looks a good scheme and appropriate for the inner city.
By Anonymous
More apartments needed also but welcome students also
By Anonymous
As an investor no. Ask all current investors for buy to let apartments in Liverpool. Little returns, locked in lease decreasing property values and expensive licences and high maintenance. Also city gets no council tax return. Mixed development with mixed housing work people stay longer community services and businesses grow
By Johan
too high we live in a village
By Anonymous
All those people who say we don’t need student accomodation tell that to the pubs, restaraunts and small businesses that line close by Renshaw Street.
By Anonymous
Don’t see what the problem is. Students are boring these days and nowhere near as much trouble as those over 10 years ago.
By Anonymous
It seems the mysterious “they” are being blamed for something. There are 4500 properties in Liverpool, that have been empty for over six months. Projects to build properties for residents to live in are opposed by other residents.
By Anonymous