I'm not liking that,I'm not a massive fan of all the Mann Island buildings and the development would spoil on of the best vistas in Liverpool but I love the x building and I'd be sad to see that scuppered.
I'm not liking that,I'm not a massive fan of all the Mann Island buildings and the development would spoil on of the best vistas in Liverpool but I love the x building and I'd be sad to see that scuppered.
Planning managers are recommending the waterfront scheme, a venture by local
developers Neptune and Countrywise Properties, should be approved.
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Waterfront plan decision put back
A decision has been delayed on plans for the former site of Liverpool's
doomed Fourth Grace project.
The granite-clad
buildings are cut
into different shapes
The £120m waterfront scheme consists of three wedge-shaped buildings on Mann Island, built next to
the controversial X-shaped Museum of Liverpool.
The city's planning committee should have discussed the plans on Tuesday.
But a report on
its suitability, by UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites, was not received by the council until Monday night.
A council
spokesman said the committee would now hear the application on 7 November.
"It was felt members needed time to consider the report," said a council
spokesman.
'Harm' claim
The city was given World Heritage Status in 2004 with inspectors from UNESCO and the International Council
on Monuments and Sites visiting the city last week to check on future developments.
Opponents claim the buildings, two of which will be residential,
could harm the area's architectural heritage.
The groups opposing the scheme, include the Liverpool Preservation Trust, The Victorian Society and
Albert Dock Residents Association.
Some claim the modern scheme would cause serious harm to the architectural and historic significance of the
Liverpool waterfront.
But supporters say the structures will complement, rather than compete with, the city's waterfront.
The three
granite-clad buildings would house more than 300 apartments in two buildings, as well as offices, shops, bars and restaurants.
'Important
scheme'
Developers Neptune and Countryside Properties said the buildings will frame views of the city's Three Graces - the Port of Liverpool
Building, Cunard Building and the Liver Building.
The plans are backed by English Heritage, Liverpool Vision and the North West Development Agency.
David Wade-Smith, of regeneration agency Liverpool Vision, said the buildings were right for the 21st Century.
"It's such an important
scheme for the city and an important scheme for the waterfront.
"It's also a very high quality piece of modern architecture to compliment the
heritage of the Mersey waterfront.
Mr Wade-Smith said he was confident the development would not affect the city's world heritage status and urged
critics to consider the time they would be built in.
"I'd ask them to look back 100 years when people were objecting so strongly to buildings such
as the Liver Building.
"This building represents the future."
Source: BBC
NEWS | Merseyside
I know I'm starting to think like that,i
like the museum though.
Can't say I
like the black granite but there does need to be something done with the area between the Pier Head and the Albert Dock.
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'Wedges'
pulled at eleventh hour
Oct 25 2006
By Sam Lister Daily Post
Staff
CONTENTIOUS plans to
build three wedge-shaped apartment blocks near Liverpool's Three Graces were withdrawn just hours before a meeting to decide their fate
yesterday.
Officials in charge of monitoring the World Heritage waterfront handed over their report into the plans late on Monday night, causing
confusion among city planners.
Although the emergency report by architecture experts from Unesco found the scheme was unlikely to affect the city's
heritage title, it recommended the council should be "cautious" about the plans, as well as those for the equally controversial proposed museum.
The
application has now been delayed for two weeks while the council works out the legal
implications.
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It looks like they'll still be approved in 2 weeks time though.
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