A development firm that hopes to build controversial new student accommodation on the site of a former church near Toxteth hopes a “new vision” will win approval.
Having failed to win support last month, an application for more than 180 student bedrooms and 105 apartments on Falkner Street will be considered by Liverpool Council ’s planning committee tomorrow. It will be the third time the local authority will have heard the application, which is recommended for approval despite concerns being raised by councillors over insufficient parking provision and the impact on the “residential amenity of adjacent neighbouring properties and future occupiers of the development itself”.
The site, currently owned by the Elliot Group, could change hands however, should the committee back the plans at the third time of asking. Legacie Developments has agreed a deal to purchase the site if the proposal goes through tomorrow morning.
