Morrisons Petrol Filling Station Unit 16 Irlam Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8RJ

25/00587/CLDCertificate of Lawful Use/ Dev. ProposedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR EXISTING SERVICE STATION TO BE OPEN 24 HOURS

Received: 28 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Whitefield
Agent: Adcock Associates

ReceivedReceived28 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Jan
DecidedDecided8 Jan

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Morrisons Petrol Filling Station Unit 16 Irlam Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8RJ. Knowsley has handled 164 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 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 40 applications across Whitefield. We hold 47 applications in total for the L32 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: L32 8RJ
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Use/ Dev. Proposed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2025
Target decision date: 23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Adcock Associates
Agent address: Elta House Birmingham Road Stratford Upon Avon CV37 0AQ

Planning decision

Case officer: Lee Osborne
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4
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.

Source: Knowsley

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