Home Bargains plan to build seven-storey tower on edge of Liverpool city centre

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Plans have been lodged with Liverpool Council for a new building on Audley Street in the Fabric District.

TJ Morris - the company which trades as Home Bargains - wants to build a seven storey student accommodation block in Liverpool’s Fabric District. Plans have been lodged with Liverpool Council for a new building on Audley Street, which would provide 214 en-suite rooms.

The site is currently occupied by a Home Bargains shop, a storage unit and the former Darts Vaults pub. Part of a former Salvation Army building could also be partially demolished to make way for the student lodgings and commercial space. A new Home Bargains store would open in the ground floor retail space of the proposed tower block.

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The plans were first lodged by applicant TJ Morris last year in a proposal it said would 'create a modern, high quality development that relates to, respects and responds to the character of the surrounding area whilst generating its own sense of place. The proposal represents a comprehensive opportunity to regenerate a brownfield site which is no longer required for its current purpose'.

A planning statement said the site is 'currently underutilised despite its proximity to the London Road District Centre and its location within the city centre. The proposal will provide a far better use of the valuable land resource'.

Under the new designs, the ground floor space would provide ancillary space for students including gym, meeting space and lobby/amenity space including two external terraces. There is an ancillary office for staff, parcel storage and WC with 70 cycle storage spaces. Upper floors would be designated for a mix of studio and clusters of six to nine bedrooms totalling 214 en-suite rooms.

There are 36 studio bedrooms, all of which include an en-suite shower room with WC and kitchen facilities. The first floor would include a cinema room, study zone and roof terrace. The existing facades of the block known as the Salvation Army building would be retained.

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Home Bargains currently has a store on Audley Street in the Fabric District of Liverpool.Home Bargains currently has a store on Audley Street in the Fabric District of Liverpool.
Home Bargains currently has a store on Audley Street in the Fabric District of Liverpool. | Google Street View

Documents issued in October and ahead of a Liverpool Council planning committee meeting next week said it is most likely that the existing Home Bargains store would take the ground floor commercial unit, but it would appeal to a wide range of retail and commercial uses. They added: “The store is smaller than the space currently occupied by Home Bargains but is preferred by the operator as the proposal is a far more efficient arrangement.

“The proposal contributes to an improvement in environmental quality. It will contribute to local regeneration and will generate additional vibrancy and footfall.” The proposals will be heard by the city council’s planning committee at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday July 30.

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