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32 - 34 Capitol Trading Estate Kirkby Bank Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SY

25/00604/COUFull Application for Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM INDUSTRIAL STORAGE UNITS TO A TRAINING FACILITY (F1(A)) TOGETHER WITH THE ERECTION OF A STORAGE CONTAINER, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND LAYOUT OF CAR PARK

Received
15 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Northwood
Agent
PHPC LLP
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 32 - 34 Capitol Trading Estate Kirkby Bank Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SY. Knowsley has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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.

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

Postcode
L33 7SY
Application type
Full Application for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Target decision date
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
PHPC LLP
Agent address
3rd Floor 1 Temple Square 24 Dale Street Liverpool L2 5RL

Planning decision

Case officer
Lee Osborne
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6005337
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 July 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
9

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.

Source: Knowsley

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