A plot of land that used to be home to a venue that hosted The Beatles stands empty after a planning application continues to stall.
The Beatles played 31 shows at the Aintree Institute in Walton in the early years of their career — but the building was later demolished in 2007.
The plot of land on Longmoor Lane has remained empty since then, with it most recently being used as a pay-and-display car park for nearby Walton Vale.
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The site has been subject to a number of planning applications since its closure without any coming to fruition.
These included rejected plans in 2016 to erect 31 apartments in a four or five storey block, including a 27 space car park.
In 2017, the architectural company Julien Denis Ltd filed an application to build twenty flats with associated parking and soft landscaping at the site at the cost of £3m.
The plans aimed to be sympathetic to the 19th century surroundings of Longmoor Lane.
The proposed flats are influenced by the general shape and form of the Victorian terrace property that borders the empty plot.
The front gardens of the Victorian terrace would also be emulated with a small enclosed front garden separating the new apartments from the street.
The proposal said: "This application proposes to erect a three storey building comprising 20 no. two bed apartments.
"The building would follow a similar height of the adjacent residential terrace to the east, with the third floor being incorporated into the roof.
"The elevations would be finished in red brick and tiles to reflect the predominant materials within this locality.
"There would be two communal entrances for the upper floor units; one onto Longmoor Lane and the other to the rear car park.
"The four ground floor apartments would have individual entrances to the front, via private gardens.
"There would be 20 car parking spaces to the rear, with vehicular access taken from Warbreck Moor. Cycle and bin storage would also be located within the rear."
But over four years later, the plans are still awaiting legal agreement, leaving a gaping hole at the start of Longmoor Lane.
The Aintree Institute was first built in 1986, before gaining significance in the late 1950s as one of the venue's at the heart of the growing Merseybeat music scene.
The Beatles played over thirty shows at the venue where they were firstly billed as 'The Dynamic Beatles.'
The venue was later renamed the Blessed Sacrament Club.
It was situated behind the Black Bull and near to Aintree racecourse before being demolished in 2007.
The ECHO approached Julien Denis Ltd but they declined to comment.
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