£86m residential scheme will provide 550 city centre apartments

Nextdom's Pall Mall scheme

Nextdom Property has submitted a planning application for two blocks of new homes on Liverpool’s Pall Mall as part of an £86m scheme.

The Liverpool investor is working with city-based architects Falconer Chester Hall on the mixed-used blocks to the north of the business district.

Block A will rise from eight to 17 storeys, providing 362 homes, while block B will provide a curved frontage up to 10 storeys to the corner of Chadwick Street and Pall Mall and will provide 188 homes.

The site is currently a mix of surface car parking and old sheds and will continue the regeneration of the Pumpfields area, said Nikki Sills, from planning consultancy Zerum, which is advising Nextdom.

She said: “The area is in transition as the city centre expands northwards and the development will provide much needed housing numbers and commercial space.”

The proposals include more than 8,000 sq ft of ground floor commercial and retail space, with parking for 155 cars and a bike space for each apartment. The homes will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bed apartments.

Ms Sills added: “The cycling provision of 1:1 supports what is a highly sustainable location, given the site’s proximity to the business district, Moorfields underground station and the local bus network.

“The scheme seeks to reform the streetscape of Pall Mall and connect this area of Pumpfields into the wider business district. The developer sees these sites as critical to the linking of the Pall Mall/Exchange Station investment area to the wider 10 Streets strategic development zone.”

Quentin Keohane, of Falconer Chester Hall, said: “The architecture picks up on the historic warehouse/dockland nature of the site with the use of brickwork, arches, and vertical elevation emphasis to provide a modern take on the traditional buildings of the area.

“The scheme provides an active commercial frontage onto Pall Mall, and with thoughtful landscaping will provide a quality urban environment in what is currently an under-utilised area of the city centre.”

In addition to the construction investment, the scheme is expected to generate £1.8m per annum in new council tax payment, £56,235 in annual business rates income, and approximately 200 full time equivalent construction jobs during the build phase.

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