Dams Warehouse Charley Wood Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SG

23/02571/PDSPrior Notification - Solar PVApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 October 2023

Council decision: prior approval required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV) TO EXISTING ROOF

Received: 1 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Northwood

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated1 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Oct
DecidedDecided4 Oct

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Dams Warehouse Charley Wood Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SG. Knowsley has handled 164 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Northwood. We hold 210 applications in total for the L33 postcode area.

94% of outline 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: L33 7SG
Application type: Prior Notification - Solar PV
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 September 2023
Target decision date: 26 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Zestec Renewable Energy
Agent address: Oxford Point Bournemouth Dorset BH8 8GS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 6
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

Source: Knowsley

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