FOR a city council which routinely pleads poverty, Liverpool showed exceptional generosity in 2006 by spending £200,000 to prop up the historic Georgian terrace of Nos 68, 70 and 72, Seel Street.
Now, in an astonishing cave-in, the council has agreed owner Frenson can immediately demolish the row entirely, in spite of previously revised permission to remove the back, providing the facade was retained.
While council executive member for heritage Cllr Berni Turner blames Frenson, why didn’t the council monitor its big investment properly? With Frenson also claiming the adjacent 64-66, Seel Street is unsafe, will Cllr Turner retreat again?