Liverpool rejects 107 homes
City councillors followed recommendations to reject two separate applications that would have brought 93 flats and 14 townhouses to the city.
Great Mersey Street
Great Mersey Street Development’s plans to build three apartment blocks sandwiched between Great Mersey Street and Lancaster Street were emphatically rejected by councillors.
Local MP, Kim Johnson, also wrote in to object to the project. She said she shared concerns with residents, officers, and councillors that the scheme would not provide sufficient affordable housing, at least to meet the city council’s 20% requirement.
Issues around traffic, open space, and a negative impact on the nearby Rotunda terrace were also cited as reasons for rejection.
Great Mersey Street Development, a company that lists John, Paul, and Julian Flanagan as directors, had its plans for 66 flats on the plot rebuffed in 2023. Now, its proposal for a 56-flat scheme has suffered the same fate.
The project would have developed two three-storey blocks and a third five-storey block with a housing mix of 12 one- and 44 two-bedroom homes.
Baldwin Design Consultancy is behind the designs on this proposal, while Broadgrove Planning and Development applied to Liverpool City Council.
The application can be viewed with the reference number 23F/0694 on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal.
The scheme was rejected due to its effect on open space. Credit: via planning documents
Parkview Road
The loss of open space was the central reason for the rejection of applicant Paul Courtney’s plan to build 51 homes in Gillmoss.
Officers stated the site ‘holds both a recreational function and visual amenity’.
Permission was sought to build two three-storey blocks containing 37 apartments and a further 14 three-bedroom houses.
Broadgrove Planning and Development was the planner, and Baldwin Design Consultancy designed the project.
To view the application, use the planning reference number 23F/1374 in Liverpool City Council’s planning portal.
