Property development in the Baltic Triangle looks set to continue at a pace after two significant schemes were given the green light.

Liverpool City Council’s planning committee yesterday (13 June) gave the go-ahead to a new £70 million hotel as well as 145 flats opposite the former Cains Brewery.

Developer Elliot Group had applied for a change of use to an existing planning approval to create the hotel, which is the latest investment by local hotelier Paul Adams.

The Vincent Residence & Hotel will include 306-rooms, 50 ‘over-sized’ serviced apartments, a basement event space and a range of ‘luxury’ rooftop services including a restaurant, lounge, spa, gym and outdoor circuit training terrace.

Elliot Lawless of Elliot Group says: “Baltic has been crying out for the sort of hotel that fits the neighbourhood’s funky vibe.

“I’m delighted with this news and to be working once again with Paul Adams and his team.”

Work on the project is expected to start in early autumn.

Meanwhile on the edge of the Baltic Triangle on Parliament Street opposite the former Cains Brewery, a mixed-use apartment scheme has also secured planning consent.

Plans for the 145-apartment development, comprising of 72 one-bedroom and 73 two-bedroom residences, include a shared terrace space, as well as commercial space on the ground floor.

Nikki Sills, associate director at Manchester-based Zerum, which led the planning application, says: “The site currently offers little vitality to the area. It’s occupied by a low-grade roofing yard with an associated warehouse and office building that’s set to be demolished.

“The sale of the site for development will enable the existing company to utilise the sums received to expand their business in a more appropriate location.

“The new apartment block will not only provide new homes for people but it will also include a commercial unit on the ground floor, which will provide a modern outlet for a commercial tenant.”

The two Baltic schemes were part of four Falconer Chester Hall-designed developments given the all clear at the planning meeting including the conversion of Reliance House on Water Street – a former office building – into 41 apartments, incorporating an additional three-storey extension.

Adam Hall, managing director of Falconer Chester Hall architects says: “Even though we were aware of how busy we have been, to have this many schemes come before the same committee still surprised us.”