Jarron forges ahead with reworked Metalworks
Having acquired a site on Liverpool’s Leeds Street out of administration last April, the developer has submitted plans for two 15-storey blocks comprising 405 apartments in the Pumpfields area of Liverpool.
A webpage dedicated to the scheme set up by Jarron states that the project would provide “best-in-class one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments and townhouses”.
Amenity spaces within the development include a residents’ lounge with co-working space, a cinema room, a gym, and a roof-top running track.
Will Clarke, development director at Jarron Investments, said: “The submission of our application for The Metalworks scheme is a major milestone in delivering this ground-breaking residential project.
“We are proud to be able to contribute to the success and vibrancy of Liverpool City Centre as a residential location of choice and to play our part in its regeneration through investment in this prominent and sustainably located site.”
Designed by Falconer Chester Hall, Jarron Investments’ plans are larger than the 319-home scheme previously proposed by Pumpfields Regeneration Company, which went bust in March 2021.
At the time of Pumpfield Regeneration’s collapse, the administrators estimated the Metalworks project’s creditors were owed around £7m. The site was put up for sale to claw back money for the creditors.
Gladstone Street (Liverpool), a vehicle controlled by Jarron, completed its £1.7m acquisition of the site last September.
Alongside Falconer Chester Hall, the project team for Jarron’s scheme includes Turley, as planning, heritage, economics, sustainability, and strategic communications advisor, and Harley Haddow as MEP engineer.
Edge Consulting is the structural and civils engineer, Layer Studio is the landscape architect, ALT is advising on fire, Curtins on transport planning, and Proximity on sunlight. E3P is the geotechnical engineer and GIA is advising on wind.
Andrew Bickerdike, head of planning for the North at Turle,y said: “Jarron Investments has designed a scheme which will meet the pressing need for additional residential properties in the city centre.
“Their scheme proposes a diverse range of properties to enable the development to support a mixed community. This part of the city centre offers significant regeneration potential being well located in relation to both the core of the city centre and Liverpool’s waterfront.”
To learn more about the scheme, search for reference number 24F/0059 on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal.
Good to Liverpool kick starting may it continue
By Anonymous
Looks quality
By Anonymous
It’s in Vauxhall, not ‘Pumpfields’, whatever that is. Either way, good to see yet more green shoots appearing in Liverpool. Who knows: we may yet return to a properly-functioning city.
By Anonymous
It’s got to to planning! Cue a two up two down with a car port!
By Roy
Now we’re talking. Perfect density and interesting blocks
By Anonymous
More stumps as per the planning department dictats, will we ever see anything that causes one to look skywards and say, wow?
We want the Leeds St area to be a busy neighbourhood but a bit of variety in height can easily be allowed as no protected or classic buildings exist here.
By Anonymous
Great news…There’s now been this, Old Hall Place, the Torus development in the Baltic, a couple of TJ Morris schemes and the Grafton redevelopment which all look good quality. Definitely momentum building now, lets hope it continues
By Anonymous
I like the brickwork, good to get some traditional materials back in to these modern buildings… good work Jarron .
By Anonymous
Wait till planning get their paws on it it will look completely even more ridiculous
By Anonymous
Should be higher. I want skyscrapers, not low rise.
By Anonymous
Six new blocks all of which could be at least twice the elevation with a little ambition and vision.
Leeds St could be lined with tall buildings which would be apart from any historic buildings in the rest of the city centre.
There is no reason not to do so.
Why waste the land?
By Anonymous
Here we go! What a great scheme, props to those involved
By Balcony Warrior
Preferred the old design. Seems like a reasonable scale, but lowest common denominator design as per.
By Anonymous
Leeds street, where there are no historical buildings to be overlooked, almost full of derelict warehouses, car parks, mechanic garages / scruffy tyre depots… this area was primed for a cluster. Even up to say 25 storeys from 10 storeys off Scotty Road gradually increasing as you get towards the commercial district would have been an incredible route into the city.
By Anonymous
Go higher, taller, faster.
There’s nothing and nobody to annoy around there. Could be a real asset to the north city centre.
By DenseCity
Great to see all the new developments moving forward in the North of the city centre. Its definitely starting to look like the next up and coming area.
By Anonymous
@Anon Jan11, yes it’s great that things are happening along the Leeds St/Vauxhall area but as usual this will have to overcome the whims of the planning committee. This can be an up and coming area but another area, Baltic, seems to be stuck at the moment with no new schemes coming forward , meanwhile the Tenstreets is dormant.
By Anonymous
LCC planning Dept in a world of their own.
By Stuck in the Middle with them.
Brilliant to see another piece of land come to life. Well done to all involved
By Anonymous