New six-storey Palmyra Square apartment block plans submitted

Proposals have been sent to Warrington Borough Council to demolish the former Holy Trinity Vicarage building on Palmyra Square North.

Once levelled, the land would be used to construct a six-storey block of 23 apartments.

Plans to bulldoze the vicarage and replace it with a nine-storey apartment block were originally submitted in 2018, but they were shelved that summer.

They were then resubmitted in 2019 after being downscaled to six-stories, but they were again withdrawn in May 2020.

But permission is now being sought again after plans were published by applicant Alderley Holdings.

An artist impression of how the development could look if approved

The existing two-storey vicarage building was built in the mid-1900s, with documents submitted as part of the application stating it is in a ‘relatively poor state of repair and is currently vacant’.

“The current building is dwarfed by apartment blocks either side, and as such, the proposal is to demolish the existing building and replace it with a purpose-built apartment block,” they state.

The block would be made up of 17 one-bedroom and six two-bedroom apartments, and it would be developed entirely as affordable housing to be managed by Torus.

The proposal is for a zero-car scheme, with no on-site vehicle parking to be provided.

One letter of objection from a nearby resident over light concerns.