PLANNING I Host of Liverpool schemes approved
Work can start on four projects comprising a total of more than 1,200 apartments following approvals by Liverpool City Council’s planning committee.
The September committee approved a 198-apartment scheme by Blok Architecture, and a student accommodation project designed by L7, in addition to approving the plans to offset financial contributions with additional landscaping at two projects cleared earlier this year.
APPROVED
Hardman House & Haigh Building
Developer: Liverpool Edge, known as Carpenter Investments
Architect: L7
Proposal: Demolish properties on site, and build two interlinked blocks of student accommodation in an L-shape, at between five and eight storeys. A second five-storey building would be constructed for teaching uses.
Apartments: 51 clusters flats
Bedrooms: 355
Commercial units: Five
Land between Sefton Street and Caryl Street
Developer: Eloquent Global
Architect: Blok Architecture
Storeys: Two buildings of eight and six floors each
Apartments: 198
Offices: 6,000 sq ft
Proposal: Submitted by Roman Summer Associates, the scheme is to have 6,200 sq ft of office space at ground floor and includes 110 car parking spaces. Of the flats, 147 are one-bed and the rest two-bedroom. Deferred from August’s planning meeting to allow for more information regarding wheelchair access.
Bevington Bush
Developer: Nived Group
Architect: Falconer Chester Hall
Apartments: 380
Proposal: Approved in April, the scheme returned to committee in order to sign-off the developer’s proposed £994,000 landscaping plan, allowing it to reduce Section 106 payments to £75,000.
Section 106 agreements are attached to planning permissions, and are conditions negotiated between the council and developer to offset potential negative impacts of certain developments.
Freemasons Row
Developer: Vinco Group
Architect: Falconer Chester Hall
Apartments: 664
Proposal: Similarly to the Bevington Bush project, Vinco’s scheme was approved earlier this year, and a landscaping plan totalling £1.2m is being proposed. This would leave the developer with £500,000 to pay the council towards open space and street tree provision.