Alder Hey’s £20m community cluster set to go ahead

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.

The developer has completed an overhaul of its serviced offices at the building in Liverpool with two deals already agreed following the upgrade works.

After agreeing to purchase the council-owned land in Dingle in October, the developer is to submit plans for a £55m, housing-led development next month.

Liverpool City Council is to add further funds to help the remediation of the city centre site, set to host up to 400,000 sq ft of commercial space and public realm.

Liverpool-based charities Kind and Merseyside Buildings Preservation Trust have launched the search for a multi-disciplinary design team to deliver the long-awaited restoration of the grade two-listed Welsh Presbyterian Church in Toxteth.