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19 Norley Place Halewood Knowsley L26 9XF

25/00453/COUFull Application for Change of UseRefused
Full

Refused on 12 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING (USE CLASS C3) TO A CHILDREN'S HOME FOR UP TO 2 CHILDREN (USE CLASS C2).

Received
19 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Halewood South
Agent
O'Rourke-Designs
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 19 Norley Place Halewood Knowsley L26 9XF. Knowsley has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Halewood South. We hold 383 applications in total for the L26 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed care home would fail to ensure the protection of the vulnerable occupants of the home from crime and anti social behaviour. The proposal would also expose neighbouring residents to an unacceptable risk of crime and anti-social behaviour thereby negatively affecting their amenity. The proposal is therefore contrary to Core Strategy Policy CS19, and the NPPF, which seek to minimise both crime and fear of crime and maintain community cohesion.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L26 9XF
Application type
Full Application for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Halewood Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2025
Target decision date
14 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
O'Rourke-Designs
Agent address
9 Swansea Close Garston Liverpool L19 2HF

Planning decision

Case officer
Andrew Hunt
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
6

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.

© 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.

Source: Knowsley

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