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5 - 8A Cavendish Walk Derby Road Huyton Knowsley L36 9YG

26/00158/KMBC1KMBC (Regulation 3)Approved

Approved on 3 June 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM A RETAIL UNIT (USE CLASS E) TO A MIXED UNIT CONTAINING A COMMUNITY LIBRARY (USE CLASS F1) AND OFFICES (USE CLASS E) WITH EXTERNAL ACCESS STEPS, RAMP AND WALL

Received
27 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Roby
Agent
CASS Design
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 5 - 8A Cavendish Walk Derby Road Huyton Knowsley L36 9YG. Knowsley has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 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 22 applications across Roby. We hold 136 applications in total for the L36 postcode area.

91% of all 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
L36 9YG
Application type
KMBC (Regulation 3)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
CASS Design
Architect profile
CASS DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Studio 204b, The Tea Factory Wood Street Liverpool Merseyside L1 4DQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Andrew Hunt
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Michaels ChurchPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 25 Derby Road Huyton Knowsley L36 9UGRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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