PLANNING | Liverpool approves three hotels

The £5bn opportunity at Liverpool Waters, investment in Knowsley, tackling the City Region's transport troubles, and the city centre's office market were all under the spotlight at this Place North West event in Liverpool.

An outline planning application has been submitted to Liverpool City Council for a mixed-use development including a warehouse, restaurant, and 60-bedroom lodge on the site of a former Tea Factory in Speke.

Henry Space Developments has been given the go-ahead to bring a 200-bed aparthotel to Liverpool including the conversion of four listed terraces and a new-build extension on Duke Street.

After acquiring the freehold of Kings Dock in September, Liverpool City Council has put seven prime development plots on the market.

Liverpool City Council has been recommended to sign off plans for the £20m cluster, designed by Cullinan Studio, at a meeting next week.

In the latest sign of the city’s buoyant hospitality market, three hotels with a combined 754 bedrooms are all set to secure consent from Liverpool City Council next week.

Architect Falconer Chester Hall has put forward proposals for a 150-bedroom hotel on a plot fronting Speke Boulevard in Liverpool.

The city council is to consider toughening its stance on unregulated short-term lets such as Airbnb, calling for similar powers to Greater London.

After acquiring the site and submitting a planning application earlier this year, Marshall CDP has put forward redesigned proposals for the 10-storey hotel in Liverpool city centre.