A plan to build homes at a former carpet shop on the edge of Liverpool city centre could finally get the green light, nearly ten years after initial plans were submitted. The old Bogan's Carpets premises on New Bird Street has stood vacant for almost two decades since the business moved to Great Howard Street.
The site has seen numerous proposed designs over the years, with Liverpool Council rejecting a 2022 plan for an American-style co-living concept. Now, nearly a decade after the company behind the project first presented an initial design, plans for close to 200 new flats will be put before city councillors.
Ascot 海角视频 Living Limited is seeking approval from the city's planning committee to construct 194 new flats on the site in a building rising up to 10 storeys. The company initially sought to develop the land back in 2016.
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Bogan's shifted to Great Howard Street in 2006, leaving the property empty for several years. Planning documents reveal that a gym currently occupies half of the building under a temporary lease.
At present, the site houses a block of single-storey commercial units with hard standing areas at the front of the buildings facing New Bird Street for parking and servicing.
In September 2022, planning inspectors endorsed Liverpool Council’s rejection of a proposal for over 200 single occupancy co-living studios, a concept hailing from America that has seen approval in other 海角视频 cities including London, Manchester and Bristol.
Originally, Ascot proposed an 11-storey construction in December 2016 to house 156 apartments, which was then modified in May 2018 to a 10-storey design offering 202 apartments.
The latest version of the plans, submitted in October last year, will be debated by city councillors on June 3.
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The prospective development boasts a selection of one and two-bedroom flats, complemented by a communal roof terrace situated on the first floor and additional commercial space made up of six units sprawled over the ground and mezzanine floors. No provision for on-site car parking is included.
Liverpool Council’s planning department has proposed that councillors give the green light to the project at their next congregation at the Town Hall, highlighting the scheme’s capacity to "maximises the redevelopment potential of the site of an underused site within the Baltic Triangle area."
The report further stated: " The proposed residential and commercial uses would complement the increasingly mixed used character of the Baltic Triangle and add to the vitality of the local area. It would further help animate one of the main streets within the area, St James Street, creating a strong street frontage in place of a long-term under-used and unsightly plot."
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