Old Roan Pub, M Developments, p via planning documents

The site has hosted a public house for more than 400 years. Credit: via planning documents

Sefton approves transformation of 17th century pub

The dilapidated Old Roan public house in Aintree will become a 31-flat scheme under 2M Development’s plans.

According to planning documents, the Old Roan has been used as a public house since at least 1620. However, it has been vacant for more than 10 years and, following approval of 2M’s plans, will be knocked down.

The site will be redeveloped into 19 single-bed and 12 two-bed apartments across three storeys.

A 5,700 sq ft communal roof garden included in the original plans has been scrapped, but there will still be 8,400 sq ft of green space to round off the residential scheme. Proposals indicate the provision of 24 car parking spaces.

Designs were put forward by BEE Architectural for the half-acre site’s future. Savills submitted the planning application on 2M Development’s behalf.

Consultants contributing to the scheme include Arbetch, Hydrock now Stantec, Keltec Consultancy, Demeter Environmental, and Liath Heritage.

To view the application, use the reference number DC/2023/01492 on Sefton Council’s planning portal.

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By L17

Hi PNW!
Could you clarify if Sefton has approved the much better revised mews-type scheme in the first picture or the hideous original one with the astroturf roof in the second pic?
There’s a huge difference between the 2, but it’s all down as the same application on the council website.

By Old Groan

    Hi Old Groan. The first image is the most up to date. The second image has now been removed. The roof garden pictured in the second image no longer forms part of the project. Best wishes, Dan

    By Dan Whelan

Should be fun getting in and out the carpark which is right by traffic lights

By Paul I

I’ve seen renovation of buildings in a worse state that the Old Roan is at present, please don’t get rid of this historic building.

By Anonymous

It’s absolutely shocking that such a historic Aintree building has been allowed to become derelict and will now become a modern shoebox. Over 400 years history totally ignored.

By Gill Jackson

How can they knock down a pub from 1620 and replace it with an eye sore. This is an absolute disgrace

By Irene Bernard

Not really a transformation is it? Demolition and replacement. Sad really, but progress for the area I suppose, it needs something!

By Abots

31 flats but only 24 car spaces so as most people own a car these days were would the excess cars park & no room for visitors therefore be parking outside other residents homes outside of the new complex !!!!

By Anonymous

Not really a transformation, more of an obliteration.

By Clickbait

At last! Although sad that the pub closed many years ago, it’s great a new development is proposed.
It will look great, enhancing the area.

By Frank Finegan

Better than what is there now. 👍

By Anonymous

This is great I wouldn’t mind one 😊

By Gary

Ugly, boring and no local character at all. How do architects get away with this dismal tripe?

By Mia Sharp

A metro station next door makes this prime commuter territory – not to mention a minute’s drive from the M57 and M58. Those flats will fly off the shelf.

By Anonymous

Think its worth pointing out that the date 1620 refers to the historic recording of a hostelry on the site NOT the date of the present empty building, So, it is not a seventeenth century building that is being talked about here !

By Anonymous

So 400 years of history gone. I don’t like seeing dereliction and if no one wants the pub so be it, but the design of the new flats is awful. Not enough parking either from what I can glean from the information provided. Why do planning allow this ?

By Steve J

It’s very sad to see a Beautiful Historic building left to rot over the years … We should be doing more to preserve these Historic Buildings not demolished to replace with ugly Modernistic monstrosities!!! … Shame on Sefton Council for not preserving this iconic building… Yet again Sefton Council and the powers that be let us the residents down !!! Shame on you all .. this isn’t The future we want to see happening to our Area … Get your act together Sefton Council and Planning Dept … A disgruntled Sefton Council Resident

By Margie

Shame this was left to deteriorate to the extent it did but its an historic building and should be retained .The bland building planned will be a blot on the landscape at an already busy junction.The planners just go ahead with ideas that take away character from an existing building and replace it with an unimagitive concrete block of apartments

By Tom McGregor

The pub is not original. As far as I know the original pub was demolished and the new one built. However there are stables at the rear that was part of the original inn. That’s if it’s still standing. It was our club room during the 1960s

By Mike

Looks like a prison block and 3 stories high nice view of trains, and hope they are going to look at the safety of the residents being at a busy junction.

By Anonymous

Thanks for clearing it up Dan.
The issue here really is that a landmark building, absolutely not C17 but a continuous use of the site which gave its name to the entire area and the railway station, a decent quality early C20 building on a very prominent site and the oldest building in a nondescript vicinity was allowed to fall into dereliction while it was passed round between various absentee owners, who occasionally put forward plans entirely unsuitable for the site, generally due to road access.
The approved plans are much better than the initial boxes notwithstanding the ridiculous lack of parking, but the Old Road pub building was and is entirely reusable and retainable.
It’s surely only that the value of the site has been inflated so much that only maximum density and forgettable design makes it stack up.

By Old Groan

About time eyesore

By Anonymous

People complaining about “how can this be allowed to happen” – get involved in your local authority’s development plan preparation! How many of you responded to the last Sefton Local Plan consultation before it was adopted in 2018, or the more recent Bootle Area Action Plan consultations in 2023 and 2024? This is where decisions are made about site allocations, and policies written on the design of future homes, amongst much more. Sefton will soon begin the process to produce a new Local Plan. Why not make your comments in response to something that might effect change?

By Anonymous

Absolutely ugly
Why would anyone want maisonettes back
Look like the thrown up appartments in Spain leave our old architecture alone

By Anonymous

This should be left in situ and the flats be accommodated within the foot print of pub

By Anonymous

When will works begin ? The sooner the better ! the pub is an eyesore.

By Karen Richmond

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