Boulevard Business and Leisure Park | Speke Boulevard

[Chris B]

For the avoidance of doubt, this is neither Dobbies Garden World - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1405456 or New Mersey Leisure Park - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1162581

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From the Planning Explorer -

Application Number - 11F/1459
Site Address - Land between Speke Boulevard and Speke Hall Avenue Liverpool
Proposal - To erect public house, 2 drive thru restaurants, and 2 restaurant/diner units with associated works and landscaping
Applicant - Peel Investments (North) Ltd

From here - http://northgate.liverpool.gov.uk/Pl...DAURI=PLANNING

As far as I can see, the only land that lies between Speke Boulevard and Speke Hall Road is whatever land will be left after Dobbies Garden World is complete.

It sounds a bit like a downgraded Wings Leisure Park to me. I also wonder why they would choose to develop something, which it seems the New Mersey Leisure Park will do better (thanks to having a better location, more facilities, and being part of a larger future scheme)?

[sternslovchild]

Unless someone was to knock down the fast food places on the present retail park, and put something like a supermarket up instead..

[bluesnapper]

Originally Posted by sternslovchild

Unless someone was to knock down the fast food places on the present retail park, and put something like a supermarket up instead..

That isnt Peel land though.

[Chris B]

The Related Documents for this development are now available here - http://northgate.liverpool.gov.uk/Do...APP&key=789314

This development is proposed to be built on what, as memory serves, was supposed to be the Dobbie's overflow car park, fronting Speke Boulevard.

Here's a plan of the proposed development -


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The larger building to the left will house two diners, the two smaller buildings in the middle will be the drive-throughs, while the other building on the right will be a public house. Renders of the buildings contained within the Design & Access statement suggest that Burger King and Starbucks will be the tenants of the two drive-throughs, while Harvester will be the tenant of the pub.

[cambrian]

Went passed this site yesterday and it looks like work has begun on the access road from Speke Boulevard.

[Paul D]

Peel’s eaterie plans could create 100 Speke jobs

MORE than 100 jobs will be created in Speke at five new eateries if a planning bid by developer Peel succeeds.

The group, which owns the Port of Liverpool and a 35% stake in Liverpool John Lennon airport, wants to develop its Boulevard Business and Leisure Park, situated close to JLA.

Its plans involve the development of an area near the new Dobbies Garden World which is currently being built and is due to open this September.

The five proposed eateries include a public house/family restaurant, a fast food drive-through, a coffee drive-through, and two more family restaurants.

Peel revealed that three of the proposed units are already under offer to national operators.

It says the mixed scheme will appeal to a wide variety of customers, including those visiting Dobbies Garden World, local residents, and people travelling to and from the airport, as well as commuters travelling along Speke Boulevard.

Roger Wheeldon, Peel senior development director, said: “The proposed scheme will serve the substantial business community in the area which is currently poorly served by modern places to eat and meet.

“These new jobs and those created at Dobbies will make Boulevard Business and Leisure Park a major employer in the area and Peel hopes that the council will support the plans.”

He added: “If consent is granted, building work will be able to start in early 2012.”

[Chris B]

This is up for approval (subject to a Section 106 agreement) at next week's Planning Committee meeting.

[Medi73#!]

Isn't eaterie an ugly ridiculous word!

By turning a verb into a noun we could call a bar a drinkerie, a shop a buyerie a hospital a recoverie, and so on. Its symptomatic of the reductionist utilitarianism of our times and the style of building will probably reflect that too.

[Awayo]

I like cattery as a word. Mostly because it means a place full of lovely, fluffy moggies. Awww!

[Medi73#!]

been the eatery, off to the shittery

[buggedboy]

The pub is to be a Harvester and one drive through is a Burger King. Unspectacular buildings but no worse than anything else out of town. However, if this, the Benmore development and the Peel/Barratt housing scheme all go on site this year, they'd all represent great investment for Speke.

[GLCBanana]

Originally Posted by Medi73#!

Isn't eaterie an ugly ridiculous word!

By turning a verb into a noun we could call a bar a drinkerie, a shop a buyerie a hospital a recoverie, and so on. Its symptomatic of the reductionist utilitarianism of our times and the style of building will probably reflect that too.

The other way round is just as annoying (turning nouns into verbs). "I'll action that"; "To effect change".

Yesterday I heard Vince Cable in Parliament saying something along the lines of, "There's a disconnect between the performance of senior executives and their salaries." I think you'll find, Vince, that there's a disconnectION between the words you come out with and the ones you would find in the dictionary.

[Chris B]

Confirmation one of the family restaurants will be a Toby Carvery.

From the Planning Explorer -

Application Number - 12A/2374
Site Address - Toby Carvery Speke Boulevard Liverpool L24 9HZ
Proposal - To display various signage
Applicant - Mitchells & Butlers

From here - http://northgate.liverpool.gov.uk/Pl...DAURI=PLANNING

Last time I went past this site, it was in the same state it has been for years, with no sign of works. Maybe this application is a sign things are due to get underway?

[Chris B]

I was out at Dobbie's yesterday, and noticed that this development seems to be quite well advanced. The larger building, on the left on the plans further up, containing a Toby Carvery seems like it can't be far off completion, with signage already up. I'm not sure on the status of the other buildings, as the Toby Carvery building blocks the view of them from Dobbie's car park, but presumably, they are well progressed as well.

[Paul D]

I noticed this a few weeks ago and just thought it was new housing.

This thread could do with a name change and putting in the construction thread.

[Chris B]

I've asked b4mmy to make the neccessary changes. Based on this Daily Post article (and others Google returns from around the same time), the development is going by the name 'Boulevard Business and Leisure Park'. Seems like quite a grand name for a handful of drive-thru/drive-in restaurants and a garden centre, but whatever.

[Dav.e.doff]

is the burger king drive-thru still on the cards for this ? Love Burger King

[Chris B]

An update to this, as I was out that way today. With reference to the site layout below, it seems that only the Toby Carvery, occupying the building closest to the access road from Speke Boulevard, has been built. There is no sign of anything happening on the remainder of the site. Indeed, part of it is currently being used as a temporary parking area for vehicles associated with the travelling circus currently on-site next to Dobbie's. There is also an advertising sign up facing Speke Boulevard detailing the permitted uses for the site (restaurants, car showrooms). So it looks like the rest of the development won't be happening, at least for the time being.

Originally Posted by Chris B

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[Satmankev]

Chris I think you are right, the site where Toby Carvery is now was originally supposed to be the Harvester pub. The rest of the land is now up for sale, hopefully it won't be used for a car showroom (permission given for showroom use)!

[M4RTIN]

Originally Posted by Satmankev

Chris I think you are right, the site where Toby Carvery is now was originally supposed to be the Harvester pub. The rest of the land is now up for sale, hopefully it won't be used for a car showroom (permission given for showroom use)!

Didn't Peel block the Mersey Leisure Park development on the grounds they were putting leisure facilities? Does this mean I don't get my tax free Starbucks drive thru?