King Edward Triangle tower tipped for Liverpool approval

“ There are no major issues raised by statutory consultees in the report prepared for committee by planning officers. Commuted sums covering areas such as open space and affordable housing will be included in the Section 106 agreement.”

Errr this isn’t what the report says. The Transport department, Historic England and others all raise objections, as do seemingly overruled junior planning officers who highlight various policy non compliance.

This great news, and needs to sale through and get built asap. Question is why hasn’t LCC already approved it? they seen so slow to do anything, and we were promised this would change.

A shame that Home Bargains guys are delivering no BARGAIN HOMES on this site, and no section 106 contribution either. Must have been the amount the land cost them.

7 months waiting for this to arrive at the planning committee, the agenda on 17 Feb has only 3 items and this is by far the stand out one.

7 months represents Liverpool council getting a shift on – the two towers on Old Hall Street took more than two years to reach the planning committee. We should be thankful for small mercies. Anyway, well done to all those involved: let’s get this built, pronto!

Lets focus on what could be a very positive move for the city rather than worry about a junior planner having a concern , or the heritage crowd who are negative about everything the city is not a museum we are desperately in need of positivity especially how our great city is viewed from afar . Lets get behind Davos the city needs them

Good to see local guys wanting to help their city reach its full potential. Its clear Liverpool has great potential but held back by dinosaurs who have no idea how big cities grow and prosper.

Liverpool needs Davos to save the city’s property market and definitely doesn’t need rules and regulations.

Why does land around the Liverpool waterfront seem to trade quite a bit above market value?

Next weeks planning agenda is underwhelming like usual. Manchester approves 28 storeys every single week it shows how far behind Liverpool is that we are all getting excited about this and that excitement is tinged with the feeling it will never happen anyway.

Looking forward to this being approved and the rest of the development too. Positive signs coming out of Liverpool at present and some movement at last it seems on Infinity Towers. Small at present but implying it is not dead yet?

@ Speculator, on the other hand how many jobs do the Home Bargains people provide in this city, and how much rates does the council receive on all the shops they have, they are doing plenty of good for this city already, so I wouldn’t get too hung up over the lack of a section 106 agreement.

It took all this time to get looked at by planning this is seriously poor communication – the planning team needs to be looked at ASAP.

Interesting thought experiment – how many Home Bargains workers could afford one of Davos non BARGAIN HOMES?

@Liverpool4progress…what news on Infinity Towers are you talking about please? I’ve certainly heard nothing since an update in February 2025

Not enough houses? Let’s build massive skyscrapers.
The properties will be sold to investors who will charge appalling rental figures.

This type of new build property does not serve the needs of the common man struggling to buy a family home in his own name, even if over the course of an event more appalling 30-40 year mortgage.

Can place north west consider blocking the IP address from developers and agents offices from posting anonymous comments?

Afraid we won’t be doing this. Probably a good time to remind everyone that we are a business to business publication writing for those working within the property industry. We have heard the complaints around anonymous posting though and are exploring ways to improve the comment section. Watch this space.

February 10, 2026 at 1:11 pm

By Julia Hatmaker

Why shouldn’t agents and other industry professionals share their views anonymously in the comments? This isn’t the Liverpool Echo, it’s a news site targeted at those working in the industry. Readers can apply their own judgement on the veracity or intention behind an anonymous comment. Anyone who wants their comments taken seriously has the option to provide their full name (and company details) if they wish. It’s perfectly fair and reasonable for one anonymous commenter to challenge the views shared by another anonymous commenter. You shouldn’t be asking PNW to ban IP addresses because you disagree with someone.

@anonoymus 12:28, Hi, Some further discharges for the site are being submitted to LCC regarding surface water etc, this would be essential for any further progress for this site.
So the impression locally is that matters may be progressing in the right direction after 5 years or so of stalemate.
Here’s hoping for a positive conclusion.

Blocking anonymous comments, eh, @True Anon? You’ll kiss goodbye to many of the more illuminating and candid responses as a result and the comment sections will wither as a consequence.

Positive news indeed… well done Davos and Beetham for taking the project this far. But hasn’t Brock Carmichael heard of trees, greening, landscaping, etc and the value of integrating these into urban development and design at the very start? Particularly in an area of the city centre that’s devoid of greenery. Hopefully, the planning committee will instruct them to add this to the scheme, for the good of the city and the planet.

The person who wants comments banned is probably a Nimby who hates any kind of progress and wants Liverpool to be a backwater.

The planners and agents have effectively admitted to anonymously commenting on their own projects… interesting.

We all hope that Liverpool Council have foresight & vision, as do many other Councils.
Build & grow, or ……

To paraphrase Robin Williams “all commenters should wear sponsor jackets, then we know who owns them.”

All commenters should make clear which developer they work for, so we know their agenda.

As exciting as the back-and-forth over anonymous comments has been, I will now be putting in a pin in that part of the discussion. Please ensure that future comments are focussed on the story and project, rather than our comment section.

I must say it absolutely baffles me whenever we see big , ambitious projects planned in Liverpool and certain people always seem to come out of woodwork with negative excuses.
People talking about green spaces and social/affordable housing in prime city centre locations. I mean seriously folks???
Liverpool has many good parks and green spaces compared to most big UK cities. As for social/affordable housing? It’s up to the council/government to provide that sort of planning and there are many areas across Liverpool City Region where housing can be built. Look at some of the housing estates within the city centre? It’s ridiculous having that sort of housing like Park Lane or the houses near Liverpool’s main business district off Leeds Street. Absolutely horrendous planning. The people behind this King Edward Triangle development are serious players. Liverpool needs to adapt the attitude Manchester gad many years ago, BUILD IT AND THEY’LL COME. I would hope the other towers planned will arrive in planning soon and it gatthers pace. Get it built!!!!

I just wish we could have seen more multi-disciplinary teams working out of the city region on the design team. A global name who specialise is planning and transport and don’t have other disciplines in their Liverpool office isn’t solving a skils gap or adding Social Value. That aside, its a cracking scheme and get a move on building it.

Freedom of speech – allow people to say what they like.
Freedom of consequence – if people say bad things they should suffer the consequence.

I don’t work for a builder but I want more skyscraper’s to attract more business people and good job’s to Liverpool !! We need more affordable bungalow though

There can be no excuses for LCC not letting this development happen. T.J.Morris (Home Bargains/ Davos) are one of Liverpool’s great success stories and they clearly as I have said in a previous posting got Liverpool’s and indeed the whole regions best interest at heart and Beetham have clearly got a track record in getting tall buildings up and done and that is what my city and my home needs, it needs things to happen and it needs to move forwards. As for English heritage’s objections, thankfully they were not around when the Royal Liver Building was planned otherwise I am totally sure that it would not have been built due to it possibly ‘obscuring the view’ of St Nicks/the seaman’s church. Let’s get spades in the ground and let’s get the whole cluster built without delay and get this fine city moving forward again rather than going backwards or at best stagnating!

Not only have they declined to put any affordable housing in this elsewhere, they have declined to put money towards it being built ANYWHERE ELSE. For “reasons”. Clue for the uninitiated – look at the viability report in detail, the viability gap, and the land values.

If this all comes to fruition and links in with the Central Docks scheme plus the riverside park, we could see something similar to Battery Park in New York. There is also opportunities for small/pocket parks along Waterloo St and in the Ten Streets area.
Who knows but across the river Seacombe could become a mini Hoboken.

They should be attracting investment into the former derelict area of the May Blitz by the Luftwaffe. Nee residents would inject future prosperity and further investments.
Good fortune to the development and investment.