Former Contract Chemicals Site Penrhyn Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9HY

22/00099/COND2Discharge of Condition (2nd Submission)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 March 2026

Council decision: DischargedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE CONDITION 8 (REMEDIATION STRATEGY) PERTAINING TO PLANNING APPLICATION 22/00099/FUL.

Received: 19 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Prescot North
Agent: UMC Architects

ReceivedReceived19 Dec
ValidatedValidated19 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Feb
DecidedDecided6 Mar

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Contract Chemicals Site Penrhyn Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9HY. Knowsley has handled 105 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Prescot North. We hold 134 applications in total for the L34 postcode area.

98% of conditions applications at Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: L34 9HY
Application type: Discharge of Condition (2nd Submission)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Knowsley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 December 2025
Target decision date: 13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: UMC Architects
Agent address: UMC Architects 3rd Floor Manchester Club 81 King Street Manchester M2 4AH

Planning decision

Case officer: Kate Pickles
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 9
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2026
27 Oct
NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO PLANNING PERMISSION 22/00099/FUL
ApprovedNon-material amendment26/00540/NMA

Source: Knowsley

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