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Units 1D & 1E Academy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA

26/00483/FULApproved

Approved

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM A STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE (USE CLASS B8) TO A METALS AND MINERALS LABORATORY (USE CLASS E(G)) TOGETHER WITH THE INSTALLATION OF AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT, FLUES AND EXTERNAL GAS STORAGE.

Submitted
26 October 2026
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Units 1D & 1E Academy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA. Knowsley has handled 1,235 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 210 applications in total for the L33 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
L33 7SA

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Application Permitted
Case officer
Ms Mo Aleshinloye - planning.applications@rochford.gov.uk

Additional information

Documents
7

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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