A multi-million pound ‘car-free’ residential development in the Baltic Triangle in Liverpool is set to win the approval of city planners this week. Tony McDonough reports
Liverpool planning officers are recommending approval for a multi-million pound residential development in the Baltic Triangle in Liverpool comprising 93 apartments.
Affordable housing provider Torus is proposing a single building split into two blocks – of eight and 10 storeys – fronting onto Norfolk Street and Brick Street. It will comprise 93 apartments and will be a car-free development.
There will be 45 one-bedroom apartments, 45 two-bedroom apartments, and three three-bed apartments, including 21 wheelchair-accessible units. There will also be commercial units on the ground floor.
All of the apartments will be offered for ‘Rent to Buy’. This is a Government-subsidised scheme where people pay an ‘affordable’ rent (no more than 80% of local market rate) with an option to buy the property within five years.
It will go before Liverpool City Council’s planning committee on Tuesday morning where it is expected it will be approved. It was originally due to be considered in June but Torus temporarily withdrew the application to address a number of “technical queries”.
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This development covers a cleared site formerly occupied by Liver Grease Oil & Chemicals Company. Collapsed developer Crossfield had originally proposed a 200-bed hotel for this location.
This is the second Crossfield site Torus has taken on in the Baltic. In January 2023 it appointed its in-house construction arm HMS to complete The Vaults in St James Street. This £9.8m scheme comprises 64 apartments as well as commercial space.
Construction was halted in early 2022 when Crossfield Construction collapsed into administration. The Vaults will see 64 homes available under Rent to Buy.