A Grade II listed former rice mill in Liverpool is to be incorporated into a luxury flat development, with façade retention being approved after demolition was refused by the City Council and objected to by local residents and amenity societies.
Planning Portal writes:
The developer submitted revised plans to the council last month, incorporating the protected mill and reducing the heights of the proposed buildings. The revised scheme proposes a total of 781 new apartments in six buildings.
The mill building, which will include a two-storey roof extension under the plans, will house 123 of the new flats.
The Liverpool Echo writes:
‘Initially, developers planned to demolish the mill – a move which sparked outcry from heritage campaigners, who convinced the Government to give it listed building status. Now that it cannot be demolished, the building’s historic façade will be incorporated into the final scheme… Campaigners had also argued that as much of the building’s interior should be kept intact as possible…. Merseyside Civic Society, which led calls for the mill to be listed… decided there were inadequate grounds to raise an objection to the scheme overall, when it guaranteed a future for the mill…’
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View the full news article in the Liverpool Echo online, including images of the mill
