Legacie picks up stalled 664-home Liverpool site
Located off Freemasons Row in the Pumpfields area of the city, the development was previously being brought forward by Vinco Group and was granted planning approval in 2019.
Legacie Towers, a subsidiary of Liverpool-based Legacie Group, has acquired the 664-home scheme and is planning to kick the stalled project into gear in the coming months, it is understood.
Legacie is developing a track record for acquiring stalled schemes.
Since 2020, the developer has bought Primesite’s The Rise on the corner of Low Hill Street and West Derby Street plus two former Elliot Group projects; Heaps Mill in Liverpool and Embankment Exchange in Salford.
The developer has applied to Liverpool City Council to discharge various planning conditions to pave the way for a start on the Pumpfields project.
Designed by Falconer Chester Hall, the scheme would be constructed on a 1.6-acre site bounded by Gladstone Street, Naylor Street, St Bartholomew Road, and Freemasons Row in Vauxhall.
Liverpool City Council approved Vinco Group’s plans for four 16-storey towers in 2019.
The developer is now in liquidation, according to Companies House.
Plans for a 319-home project on a neighbouring plot received a boost recently.
Administrators seeking to sell the Metalworks site on Leeds Street have selected a vehicle owned by Jarron Investments as the preferred bidder for the 319-home project.
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By Liverpool4Progress
Push forward with this as quick as possible – maybe even add 10 floors to each building
By Stuart wood
I love this scheme, there seems to be a bit of momentum building in the area now finally.
By John
Good news. FCH’s CGI is woefully out of date showing adjacent structures long demolished. An alternative scheme cooking for years.. or simply use of an old stock shot?
By LEighteen
Hi Leighteen. The image used is of the previously consented scheme. Cheers, Dan
By Dan Whelan
Great news development is kickstarting again in Liverpool all over the city
By Anonymous
Dan there is no such area called ‘the Pumpfields’ area. It’s Leeds Street. Vauxhall.
By David
Hi David, my understanding is that Pumpfields is a name that has been used more recently for the area, probably off the back of this development framework https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/3FoXmx4wSnaSsgRbZ9vZ. A quick Google shows that it does indeed exist. Cheers, Dan
By Dan Whelan
Ohhh ..more gossip
By Anon
Great news, i feel Liverpool lags behind other northern cities when it comes to these sort of big developments. The city has the space and it needs more apartments, they’ve been unlucky with a few stalled schemes lets hope the other major scheme Infinity gets a move soon too.
By Cristoforo
Dan, @Dave is right: Pumpfields is one of those naff names invented by bureaucrats late on a Friday to make an area sound ‘happening’. There’s not a Scouser on the planet will call that neighbourhood Pumpfields: it’s Vauxhall. Hence the Vauxhall Vaults pub just around the corner. On Vauxhall Road.
By Sceptical
Apartment’s are not in keeping with the houses across the road!?
By Mary Woolley
I would stall it further until there is acceptable balcony provision
By Balcony Warrior
Get it built and sort out the remaining vacant/derelict plots with vibrant dense homes and businesses
By GetItBuilt!
Yes Pumpfields is the unfortunate name given to this area a bit like Ropewalks for Duke St.
Anyway Legacie doing well can they or someone else dynamic buy the Norton site which has planning permission.
By Anonymous
That’s Vauxhall all day long, and there is nothing wrong with that name, There is a great community spirit in Vauxy.
By Geoff
Might be lagging a little behind but it still looks far better
By Anonymous
Mary, the houses across the road were not in keeping with high and mid-rise tenements that preceded them…..and on and on, and on.
By Anonymous
@Mary Woolley, I have to admire your persistence in promoting the notion of bungalows in the city centre, but it’s an entirely inappropriate and inefficient form of land use in a densely-built, mid-rise neighbourhood and, in any event, land values make them entirely unviable. They might just work in Lydiate or Halewood, but town?
By Sceptical
@Mark Wolley. No, it is the houses that are not in the appropriate location. Bungalows in particular are very wasteful of land and proportional cost authorities a lot of to maintain (e.g., water connections/services) than other habitation types. They are not environmentally friendly for a city. Better suited to the suburbs/outskirts of a city. Ultimately, those houses across from this development will need to be knocked to be replaced by commercial and/or tall buildings.
Separately, this is a nice looking development. Finally, the Leeds St. moat is being crossed and development is happening! All these development will bring jobs.
By Chris
Noted a few comments about bungalows in this area and also in an area of duke street… there is a history of the demolitions of terrible walk up blocks and the wish by the community to have traditional homes . Thus was in the early 80s when Liverpool was in the midst of a massive depression. Would we built them now no … but they are part of the city’s history and there is plenty of space for development surrounding the area . But good to see this and other developments re commencing
By George
This looks ridiculous next to its surroundings. I thought Liverpool was meant to be taking a different approach? So sad.
By Anonymous
Looks like no cares about Balconies again. That bloke won’t be happy . 😠
By Anonymous
They look brilliant. So many moaners in the comments want Liverpool to look like one giant suburb.
By Anonymous
Looks great and modern get it built at once
By Anonymous