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Liverpool city leaders approved plans to turn one of its office blocks into a Bill Shankly-themed hotel.

The proposals, brought by developers Signature Living, will see the current Lifestyles gym in Millennium House doubled in size and a training school for people wanting to go into the leisure and hospitality industries.

The decision was agreed unanimously by the council's planning committee at a meeting today at Liverpool town hall.

No objectors were present, and the applicants did not make a presentation.

Watch: Lawrence Kenwright on the Shankly hotel

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Speaking afterwards, Signature Living boss Lawrence Kenwright told the ECHO his firm would like to be on site as soon as the council moves its staff out and to the Cunard Building.

He said: "That gives us a window between September and December. We will start working on the gym, taking it from 9,000 square feet to 18,000 square feet, in July.

"And then we will put the Signature offices in there, which we are going to use as a training ground for expanding the brand where people can live and learn a trade."

The company is behind several serviced apartment developments in the city and the 30 James Street 'Titanic' hotel in the former headquarters of the White Star Line.

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