Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley said today that developer Peel Holdings should be “allowed to get on with” proposals for its proposed 60-storey
If built, the £300m scheme, part of Peel’s Liverpool Waters development, would be one of the tallest towers in the UK, containing 1m sq ft of offices, a hotel and residential uses.
Speaking at the Liverpool & Manchester Property Forum conference this morning, Bradley said he anticipates a planning application for the tower “within the next couple of months” and that this could herald “the start of the Liverpool Waters scheme”.
He added: “Peel needs to be allowed to get on with the
“In general, the planning system prevents – it doesn’t allow – and that is something we are trying to do differently in
The £5.5bn Liverpool Waters project has been mooted since 2006 and contains 21m sq ft of development across the disused Central Docks site, north of
Peel chairman John Whittaker has called on the Northwest Regional Development Agency to be handed special planning powers to smooth the progress of Liverpool Waters and Peel’s wider Ocean Gateway scheme, which covers the length of the
Lindsey Ashworth, development director at Peel, has said the developer would pull out of the
