Plans in for Tuebrook’s Coconut Grove site
Virtue Developments working with Sovini, wants to deliver a 123-flat affordable homes project at the former Liverpool nightclub and cinema site at the junction of West Derby Road and Green Lane.
Now validated on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal, the proposal is for a single building climbing from three to six storeys, with 67 one-bed apartments, 53 two-bed apartments, and three three-beds.
There will be amenity, commercial and parking space at ground level. The site has been vacant since the 1930-s built redbrick cinema, once Liverpool’s largest according to the design & access statement, was demolished and the site hoarded off.
Greyside Planning leads a professional team also including Footprint Design, transport planner Prime, Liach Heritage, Hawkins Environmental, BNG advisor Mulberry, and viability advisor Tim Claxton Property.
In 2023, Sourced Development Group launched a consultation as it looked to progress the Tuebrook site. The proposal, billed as Carlton Court after the site’s former cinema, was for 119 homes, mostly apartments with a smattering of townhouses, also topping out at six storeys.
The site is a neighbour to the grade one-listed Church of St John the Baptist. The proposal is for a 100% affordable homes scheme, with Greyside stating in its planning statement that it “would deliver substantial public benefits through the regeneration of a prominent vacant gateway site and the provision of 100% affordable housing within an area of identified need.
“The scheme would also support the wider local economy through increased residential activity, investment and construction employment opportunities.”
With that commitment on-site, the application team argues that it could not make any further commitments through Section 106 agreements.
Greyside said: “The submitted viability assessment demonstrates that the scheme is subject to viability constraints and has limited capacity to support additional planning obligations whilst maintaining a deliverable form of development.”
Want to know more? The documents can be viewed on Liverpool’s planning portl, reference 26F/1556.
