Plans to demolish Hull’s longest-running derelict landmark have been resubmitted.
The former Lord Line trawler company offices overlooking what used to be St Andrew’s Dock have been empty since the mid-1970s.
An almost identical application to bulldoze the vandal-hit building and replace it with a new 40-apartment complex on the cleared site was refused by Hull City Council’s planning committee last November.
At the time, councillors voted unanimously to refuse the application by Manor Mill Resorts Ltd.
The councillors supported their own planning officers who claimed the isolated site was not suitable for housing and criticised the quality of the proposed design.
Some councillors also called on the company to consider selling the building to let someone else attempt redevelop it instead.
Although the Lord Line is owned by Manor along with the dock’s adjacent pump house and hydraulic tower, the surrounding land is under separate ownership.
As yet, there has not been a co-ordinated attempt involving all the landowners to come up with a joint redevelopment scheme for the old dock, which was once home the world’s largest deep-sea fishing fleet.
Instead, Manor has submitted a series of applications for the Lord Line, including initial proposals to convert the building as part of a student campus which never got off the ground.
Now the firm has resubmitted a similar application to last year’s to build a four-storey residential scheme which includes ground floor parking.
The main difference appears to be an increase in the number of proposed apartments from 40 to 42
The latest application says: “Every effort has been made to utilise the building structure and proposals put forward and costed based on refurbishing the existing building as it stands.
“Unfortunately, the condition of the building now prevents this from happening.
“This building is now considered a danger to the public. It is imperative this area is brought back to life in the interest of the public’s safety.”
