Historic Liverpool schoolhouse earmarked for 200 student rooms
A proposal to create almost 200 student rooms on the site of a historic former church schoolhouse in Liverpool looks set to be given the green light by planners.
The head of planning has told councillors that the issues concerned with the application are finely balanced but that it would be difficult to argue why the impact of an additional student accommodation complex would warrant refusal.
Liverpool City Council’s planning committee will meet to discuss a proposal by Bridgewater Services to redevelop the site in and around a grade II-listed former schoolhouse at 55 Great Crosshall Street near the Cultural Quarter on Tuesday (17 November 2015).
The original building dates back to the 1860s and has a honey-coloured sandstone front elevation with gothic-style window details but has been extensively altered inside.
The developer is proposing to convert the former schoolhouse and construct a new part-five, part-six and part-eight storey accommodation block linking into the rear of the building with 31 studios and 29 accommodation clusters. The scheme would create 193 student rooms in total …