The project is located around the Ten Streets regeneration area, next to Merseyrail’s Northern Line
More than 500 apartments are planned at Love Lane and Pall Mall in Vauxhall, Liverpool(Image: Sourced Development / Planning Documents)
The edge of Liverpool city centre is set to be transformed, as plans progress on construction of more than 500 new homes. Cheshire-based BDP Construction is aiming to start on the £110m development at the end of this year.
The original planning application was submitted to Liverpool City Council in August 2023 by Love Lane Liverpool Ltd, with plans subsequently approved for the construction of four residential blocks, comprising a total of 507 apartments, and provision for ground floor commercial units.
It also included a commitment for developers to repurpose the existing railway arches and subterranean tunnels, with design guide documents indicating these could be converted into commercial spaces such as restaurants and cafes.
The project is located around the Ten Streets regeneration area, next to the Merseyrail Northern Line. As part of the proposed reuse of the site, subterranean tunnels and existing railway arches would be transformed into commercial space. The scheme will also include car parking space and communal courtyards.
Design and access statements attached with the application said: “It will be a place that people will aspire to live and work, and come to play in their free time.”
Adding: “We believe the proposals offer not just much needed homes and commercial space, we believe this will support the city ambitions for continuing the regeneration of Pumpfields, the city core integration of the area.”
Sourced Developments took on the proposal and secured planning approval for the project last year, but the developer sold the site to UAE-based Habita, a company headed up by Ian Ringwood. Since then, the scheme has rebranded the project as City Walk, and apartments are being sold off-plan to investors from £186,000.
The scheme is now being brought forward by Equityway Holdings, which is working with a new project team to secure Gateway 2 approval.
Footprint Architects, Pegasus Group, Pick Everard, and Shear are also advising Habita on the scheme, as it moves towards the delivery phase.
Originally designed by architect BDP, which is not affiliated to the contractor appointed to build it, there are plans for four residential blocks, rising to 11 storeys, on four acres of land between the Ten Streets regeneration area and Vauxhall. Three of the plots adjoin Love Lane and one is located further south on Pall Mall.
The scheme would feature 147 one-bedroom apartments, 330 with two bedrooms, and 30 with three beds.
Redundant railway arches and subterranean tunnels located on two of the plots would be repurposed into more than 10,000 sqft of commercial space, according to the proposals.
A 200 metre park also forms part of the joint venture’s vision for the site.