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The Watchfactory Albany Road Prescot Knowsley

23/00542/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 June 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

INSTALLATION OF ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV) TO ROOF SLOPES OF THE NEW BUILD ANNEXES, BLOCK A & BLOCK B

Received
25 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Prescot North
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a new dwelling at The Watchfactory Albany Road Prescot Knowsley. Knowsley has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Prescot North.

91% of all 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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Prescot Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2023
Target decision date
20 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sutcliffe
Agent address
18-20 Harrington Street Liverpool Merseyside L2 9QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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