Architect ramps up housing numbers for refresh of North Point mixed-use proposals
Revamped proposals for a mixed-use scheme on the edge of Liverpool city centre have seen housing numbers and building heights soar.
Fletcher Rae-designed plans for the North Point development, on Pall Mall, would increase housing numbers from the roughly 350 approved under earlier proposals last year to more than 500.
The latest incarnation of the scheme, drawn up in conjunction with the city council, also consolidates development into four buildings rather than the previous scheme’s six.
An 18-storey Blok Architecture-designed tower was the focal point of the North Point proposals approved by Liverpool City Council last year. But the application was withdrawn in March this year and scheme key player PHD1 subsequently went into administration.
Fletcher Rae announced this week that revised proposals it has spent four months working up had now been submitted to the city council and consolidated the development into four blocks of four, 11, 14 and 19 storeys.
It said the expansion of the scheme’s residential element was “in response to a high demand”, particularly for live/work style apartments.
Fletcher Rae said the gateway site was “designed in simplistic blocks that are arranged in geometric positions for a bold visual statement” and would also feature a “piazza garden area” on top of the development’s podium.
The proposals also incorporate an existing mill building and a historic wall feature to retain a familiar street frontage.
In addition to the new homes, the scheme includes 420 sq m of new office space, 450 sq m of retail space and 2,910 sq m of space earmarked for leisure use.
Landscape architect for the project is Fabrik.
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