Vision unveiled for Sefton eyesore resi conversion

Having lain vacant for a decade, the former Old Roan Public House is set for a new lease of life under 2M Development’s fresh plans to deliver 31 apartments on the site off Copy Lane in Netherton.

BEE Architectural designed the scheme, which will see the demolition of the existing building to make way for a part three-, part four-storey residential building.

Proposals include 19 one- and 12 two-bedroom flats.

Residents would have access to 8,400 sq ft of green amenity space, complete with a 5,700 sq ft shared roof garden and play area.

There would be 28 car parking spaces provided, including one disabled and three electric vehicle charging  bays.

Vacant since the closure of the Old Roan pub, also known as the Tut N Shive, in 2013, the site has been subject to a number of development proposals. These plans have never materialised as the “existing building has fallen into a complete state of disrepair”, according to a planning statement.

The former landlord Commercial Realty was fined more than £16,000 in 2020 for failing to carry out remedial works at the property, prior to 2M Development’s acquisition of the site in 2021.

Due to the condition of the building, the developer does not see a viable alternative to retain the property in its current form.

Savills is the scheme’s planning consultant. Also on the project team are Hydrock, Arbtech, Liath Heritage, and Demeter Environmental.

To learn more about the plans, search for application number DC/2023/01492 on Sefton Council’s planning portal.