Work to begin on £1b King Edward Triangle development

Work set to begin on King Edward Triangle development as northern site boundary to be demolished

Davos Property Developments Limited in conjunction with Beetham Davos Ltd have submitted an application to Liverpool City Council seeking permission to demolish a collection of unlisted buildings around the northern boundary of the 8-acre city centre site.

Four blocks of buildings on Roberts Street, and at 1 Greenock Street, 11 -14 Waterloo Road (the former Greek restaurant) and the martial arts building adjacent to the former King Edward pub site will all be demolished if permission is granted. The brick office building for the former engineering works on Paisley Street does not form part of the application.

A separate request for a stopping-up order is to be made for part of Roberts Street, Greenock Street and Denison Street. The combined land is required to provide a construction compound to support work on the scheme’s first tower, at the junction of Waterloo Road and Paisley Street. A planning application was submitted in June for the 28-storey, 255-unit development and is expected to be ruled on this autumn.

Hugh Frost, chairman of Beetham said:

“We are moving at pace and have every confidence in the quality of what we will deliver. These applications keep us on track.”

Work remains on-going on the wider scheme’s masterplan, with ambitions for a major public consultation in due course, confirmed Mr Frost.

Pegasus Group is providing planning, economics, heritage and EIA Services to the client team behind the King Edward scheme. Brock Carmichael are the masterplan architects.