£90m student scheme gets green light

PLANNING permission has been granted for a £90m new build and refurbished student scheme for the University of Liverpool.

The complex package of redevelopment will see six buildings at the Greenbank Campus – Derby House, Rathbone Hall, Rathbone House, Warden’s House, Warden’s Court and Roscoe and Gladstone Halls – replaced by three new accommodation blocks.

These will be Derby Hall, Rathbone Hall and Gladstone Hall, which all take advantage of their unique setting and open up key sight lines and accessibility across the site.

The new build student accommodation will create 1,370 ensuite bedrooms in total, increasing the number of rooms by 40%.

The redevelopment, brought forward by Sheppard Robson, is part of a £250m masterplan by the University to build and upgrade accommodation at its city and Mossley Hill base.

Manchester-based Sheppard Robson says materials, scale and massing of the design have been developed to reflect the character of the conservation area and respect the distinctive mature landscape of the Greenbank site.

The new accommodation blocks will be created around three distinct landscaped courtyards and range in height from five to eight storeys making use of natural site levels.

Rupert Goddard, partner at Sheppard Robson, said: “We have worked very closely the University of Liverpool to develop this application, and are delighted with the news of approval. We are now looking forward to continuing to work with the University in realising its vision.”

Greenbank is one of the University of Liverpool’s key residential campuses.  It is set in a beautiful green historic landscape 2.5 miles to the south of Liverpool city centre and the main university campus, nestled between two key conservation areas of Mossley Hill and Sefton Park.
 
The project team also includes quantity surveyor Gleeds, WYG on mechanical and electrical engineering, Sutcliffes for structural engineering and RLF as construction manager.