Go-ahead given for £15m Liverpool Georgian quarter development

Merseyside-based developer Elliot Group has secured planning consent for its £15m development in Liverpool’s Georgian quarter.

Located on the corner of Falkner Street and Bedford Street, the residential-led scheme will include 109 homes across four storeys.

The development will also see the former Toxteth Community College building return to educational use, with women’s training organisation Blackburne House signed up for 8,000 s ft of space on the ground level.

Elliot Group boss Elliot Lawless commented: “This will bring a derelict and overgrown site back in to productive use and it’s to the council’s credit that they wanted to encourage modern architecture that was respectful to its Georgian setting, rather than just pastiche.

“The big ticket regeneration projects like the ACC and Liverpool ONE took out many of the major sites in Liverpool and the city’s on-going regeneration is now largely focused on transforming gap sites like this.”

He added: “Someone once described Liverpool as a gap-toothed beauty and developments such as this are fixing the city’s smile.”

The homes in the scheme, which is designed by Liverpool-based architecture firm Falconer Chester Hall and includes a residents’ gym, are a mix of one- and two-bedroom units for rent.

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