A major development in Liverpool city centre faced being mothballed after its original contractor went into liquidation.
Permission was granted for 56 apartments to be built on land around St James Street, Norfolk Street and Brick Street in the Baltic Triangle area of the city back in 2019. An amended proposal for an additional eight was lodged with Liverpool Council a year later.
However, the major scheme which involved the construction of a new tower block up to 10 storeys high faced a bleak future 12 months ago, when as the development was around halfway finished, its contractor Mersey Contractor Limited went into liquidation and work ground to a halt. A new application to finish the work and amend the terms of the development will now be considered by the city council when its planning committee meets again next week.
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The original application was made by Joseph Gervin, of Mersey Contractor, back in 2019 with Torus Housing as the end user. New documents submitted to Liverpool Council show Torus is now the new applicant.
A report to be considered by councillors on Tuesday said: “Torus have advised that the works started again in February 2023 to allow them to retain the funding for the scheme and to ensure it did not become a long term stalled site.” When planning permission was agreed for the amended scheme in 2020, it was on the basis legal agreements and conditions would be signed.
As this did not come to pass, the period of time this was relevant for has since elapsed and must be considered again. The plans seek permission for the completion of part seven, nine and 10 storey building containing 27 one bed and 27 two bed apartments.
In addition, 830sqm would be made available for commercial use. No car parking is to be provided although 120 cycle spaces are to be made available including 110 sports for residents on the ground floor mezzanine level, accessible by lift, and 10 spaces associated with the commercial accommodation at ground floor level.
Regarding the commercial unit on the ground floor, planning documents said: “While flexibility is sought over the uses, it is expected, as with the previously approved scheme, the commercial space will be predominately for the creative and digital sectors to add to the offer within the Baltic given the success and demand for such units within the area.”
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