Plans to demolish a former church hall dating back to the 1800s in Tuebrook to make way for accommodation for homeless young people have been rejected.
A planning application had been submitted to Liverpool Council to provide 24-bed supported living accommodation at the currently vacant church hall on New Road. The service would have been operated by YMCA Together and Local Solutions to support young people aged between 16-21 in need of housing.
More than 100 objections were lodged with the city council over the plans, with Merseyside Police also submitting their own opposition. A report made public by the local authority detailed how officers felt the proposal was “situated in an area of Tuebrook where there is already an oversaturation of supported residential accommodation schemes.”
