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67 Eccleston Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5QH

25/00689/COUFull Application for Change of UseRefused
Full

Refused on 31 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TO CONTINUE TO USE GROUND FLOOR OF PREMISES AS A HOT FOOD TAKE AWAY (SUI GENERIS) IN ADDITION TO ITS LAWFUL USE AS A CAFÉ/RESTAURANT (CLASS E(b))

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Prescot North
Agent
Devaplan Ltd
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 198 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 67 Eccleston Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5QH. Knowsley has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Prescot North. We hold 134 applications in total for the L34 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 application site is located within Prescot Town Centre and would fail to comply with the Council's Town Centre Uses Supplementary Planning Document in that the proposed development would contribute to an overconcentration of hot food take away uses in Prescot Town Centre and as such would increase access to unhealthy food to the detriment of the health and wellbeing of the local community in an area that is already experiencing high levels of obesity. Accordingly, the proposal conflicts with paragraphs 96 and 97 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), Saved Policy S2 of the Knowsley Replacement Unitary Development Plan, Adopted June 2006, Policy CS2 of the Knowsley Local Plan: Core Strategy, adopted January 2016 and the Town Centre Uses SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L34 5QH
Application type
Full Application for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Prescot Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Target decision date
11 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Devaplan Ltd
Agent address
223 Queens Dock Business Centre Norfolk Street Liverpool L1 0BG

Planning decision

Case officer
Maxine Wishart
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Prescot Town Centre
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Prescot Town Centre
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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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.

© 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.

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