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Land Off Lower Road Halewood Knowsley

25/00175/COUFull Application for Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 17 June 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO DOG EXERCISE AREA

Received
2 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Halewood South
Agent
Wharfe Rural Planning
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Off Lower Road Halewood Knowsley. Knowsley has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Halewood South.

93% of amendment 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
Full Application for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Halewood Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2025
Target decision date
28 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Wharfe Rural Planning
Agent address
Wharfe Rural Planning Sapling Home Farm Ullard Hall Lane Knutsford

Planning decision

Case officer
Andrew Hunt
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
5

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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

  1. 2025
    12 Dec

    APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE CONDITION 4 (WILDFLOWER PLANTING) PERTAINING TO PLANNING PERMISSION 25/00175/COU

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00175/COND1
  2. 2025
    2 Apr

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO DOG EXERCISE AREA

    This applicationApprovedAmendment25/00175/COU

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