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37 Trentham Road Westvale Kirkby Knowsley L32 4UB

26/00163/COUFull Application for Change of UseApproved
Full

Approved on 30 September 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM A HOTEL / GUEST HOUSE (USE CLASS C1) TO A FAMILY CONTACT CENTRE (USE CLASS E).

Received
23 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 November 2026
Ward
Whitefield
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 37 Trentham Road Westvale Kirkby Knowsley L32 4UB. Knowsley has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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.

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
L32 4UB
Application type
Full Application for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Lee Osborne
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

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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