It's had a number of planning applications over the last 8/9 years, but I've been informed that the development will be restarted soon, so thought I'd create a thread to update as it goes.
I'm quite excited by this as it not only clears up a big mess in a prominent area, all we need now is the old Imperial Halls scheme back on track and this area will be fantastic!
They should erect a replica St Patrick's Cross somewhere around there like the one that stood for centuries on Marybone to mark the place where the saint preached (well, maybe like, along with a 100 other places on the west coast of Britain) before setting off to convert Ireland.
Not only is it an eyesore, but the hoardings have blocked the pavement to pedestrians for years, with barriers taking up half a lane of traffic to provide a footpath. The hoardings themselves are in a bad state and fell down onto the footpath in the recent bad weather which could have hurt someone.
The council should have served an enforcement notice to get the site tidied up and the pavement re-opened years ago.
Not only is it an eyesore, but the hoardings have blocked the pavement to pedestrians for years, with barriers taking up half a lane of traffic to provide a footpath. The hoardings themselves are in a bad state and fell down onto the footpath in the recent bad weather which could have hurt someone.
The council should have served an enforcement notice to get the site tidied up and the pavement re-opened years ago.
The timescale has slipped slightly from what I was told when I created this thread, but true to their word the developers have submitted a planning application (2 actually)!
One for the alterations to the grade II listed 55 Great Crosshall Street - 15L/0819
Just bumping this as it is being recommended for approval at next week's Planning Committee meeting.
I'll ask b4mmy to update the thread title to the most recent proposals -
Application Number - 15F/0817 Site Address - 55-63 Great Crosshall Street Liverpool L3 2AP Proposal - To convert former church school building and construct new part 5, 6, and 8 storey accommodation block to provide 193 student rooms (31 studios and 29 clusters) with ancillary facilities. Applicant - Bridgewater Services Limited
So two years down the line after being rejected by both the Planning Committee and on appeal, the same developer is having another shot at getting something built on this site -
Application Number - PL/INV/2015/18 Site Address - 55 AND 57-63 GREAT CROSSHALL STREET LIVERPOOL L32AP Proposal - Change of use of the existing Grade II Listed building into 9No Apartments and connected to a 6,7,8,10 Storey residential apartment building accommodating an additional 115 apartments (124No in total) via a glazed link. Applicant - Bridgewater Services Limited
The related documents are already available and it doesn't look too bad. The pre-application discussions with the council have also indicated they would be more receptive to the proposed residential use than the previous student flats proposal.
I'm not sure we have in general. According to the council's own report, there is still plenty of potential left in the market. I think the change of course here is entirely down to the trouble they had last time, being rejected by both the Planning Committee and on appeal (reportedly only on a technicality, but still). Perhaps this has encouraged them to look at other options before wasting more time and money on another student proposal that would still find it very difficult to get through planning.
Indeed. The NIMBYS living in the middle of a university campus objected to the presence of students.
There's plenty of capacity left and indeed the more schemes we get the more iut of dates stuff has to be redeveloped or repurposed. We've seen that with the North Western Hotel and if we carry on we'll see the manky Unite student blocks forced to change too.
I hope this one gets built just so those hoardings that block the pavement up Great Crosshall Street are removed! Also it’s a decent development it seems
Thank god this one got through at last.
Been a boarded off eyesore for ages.
The Victorian Society must have been asleep and Nick Small on holiday or something.
Lets hope another empty grot spot soon gets filled.
I recently did the CGI for this (not public yet) and it looks half alright. It is as per the image posted above by Chris, with a lot of curtain walling/spandrels to the upper levels.
Hoardings replaced and/or painted. Site is completely cleared, but hard to get a picture inside:
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