Liverpool-based developer Elliot Group has submitted a planning application to develop a 15-storey, £50 million apartment block on a key waterfront site in the Baltic Triangle.

The Bridgewater Street site, formerly a base for electrical wholesaler Eyre & Elliston, was acquired by the developer in November 2019 and is now earmarked for a 232-unit residential development – named Duke’s Village – with eight ground floor commercial units totalling 12,000 square feet.

“Our aim is to develop a high-end, institutional-grade PRS scheme that maximises the site’s waterfront views,” says Elliot Group founder Elliot Lawless. “The area is crying out for more commercial space, too, so we hope to be able to plug some of that gap.”

He says the company is continuing its migration from the fractional sales model that secured the delivery of almost 3,000 homes.  The move follows the lettings success of the NatWest-funded Address development in the Ropewalks and is “a natural next step” in the company’s evolution, adds Lawless.

The 173,000 square foot building has been designed by the Liverpool studio of Falconer Chester Hall. Scheme architect Robert Brym says the waterfront location offers considerable potential.

“The site offers amazing views north west to the Pier Head and over the Royal Albert Dock and Queen’s Dock,” says Brym.

“There’s water, heritage and hills whatever way you look and all the buzz of Baltic on the doorstep. Our aim is to capture this in our design and the building’s fenestration.”

The scheme will include four parking spaces and 232 cycle bays.

The professional team on the project include engineers Clancy, planning consultants Zerum, DTPC (transport), AEC (acoustics) and Layer (landscape).

Lawless says he anticipates that the application will be heard in early February and, should it receive planning permission, would hope to be on site in spring 2021.

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