Property developer Elliot Lawless has had a controversial planning appeal for new student accommodation in Liverpool 8 rejected.
After months of waiting, the planning inspectorate has confirmed proposals for more than 180 student bedrooms and 105 apartments on Falkner Street cannot go ahead and backed Liverpool Council’s decision in March 2022 to reject the plans. The scheme was up before the committee for a third time having initially been discussed in December 2019.
During a new planning meeting last year, committee members moved against the council planning officers’ recommendation to approve the plans by Falkner Street Developments - of which Mr Lawless is a director - to build on the site of a former church and probation centre in L8. Despite the plans being recommended for approval, councillors said the application should be refused based on the lack of parking, and the detrimental effect on residential amenity.
