Application Number – 10F/0029
Site Address – Strand Street/Red Cross Street Liverpool L1
Proposal – To erect new 10 storey hotel with separate ground floor unit for use classes A1, A2, A3 A5 and B1
Applicant – FT Patten (Holdings) Ltd / Travelodge Hotels Ltd
This is either the surface car park adjacent to Kingston House, or the site of the Doll’s House. Whichever one it is, it’ll finally see a site being addressed that has needed it for a long time. Although Travelodge’s can vary in terms of architectural quality, presumably with this being such a prominent site, the planners will ensure this isn’t some cheap nonsense, and has a certain quality about it. I think though, with One Park West nearby, Mann Island over the road, and previous proposals for the Kingston House site suggesting something in the order of 14 storeys or so, they could have got another couple of floors out of it, but still, this sounds like a promising development.