Land Off Gerrards Lane Halewood Knowsley

25/00176/COUFull Application for Change of UseApproved

Full

Approved on 27 May 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: 6
Council: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Halewood North
Agent: Wharfe Rural Planning

ReceivedReceived2 Apr
ValidatedValidated2 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 May
DecidedDecided27 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Off Gerrards Lane Halewood Knowsley. Knowsley has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Halewood North.

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: 14
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.

Green belt: Knowsley
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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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