Permission is being sought to demolish a group of unlisted buildings in Liverpool, paving the way for work to commence on the £1 billion King Edward Scheme.
Four blocks of buildings on Roberts Street, and at 1 Greenock Street, 11 -14 Waterloo Road (the former Greek restaurant) and the martial arts building adjacent to the former King Edward pub site will all be demolished if permission is granted.
The brick office building, formerly used as engineering works on Paisley Street, is not part of the application.
Davos Property Developments Limited in conjunction with Beetham Davos Ltd, are behind the submitted plans.
A separate request for a stopping-up order is to be made for part of Roberts Street, Greenock Street and Denison Street.
The combined land is required to support work on the scheme’s first tower at the junction of Waterloo Road and Paisley Street.
A planning application was submitted in June for the 28-storey, 255-unit development and is expected to be ruled on this autumn.
“We are moving at pace and have every confidence in the quality of what we will deliver. These applications keep us on track,” said Hugh Frost, chairman of Beetham.
Work remains ongoing on the wider scheme’s masterplan, with ambitions for a major public consultation in due course, confirmed Frost.
Pegasus Group is providing planning, economics, heritage and EIA Services to the client team behind the King Edward scheme. Brock Carmichael is the masterplan architect.
