Former Gasworks, Spofforth Road, Liverpool, L7 6LE
Approved on 9 July 2019
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
To infill voids after demolition of gasholders.
- Received
- 3 May 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Liverpool City Council
- Ward
- Picton Ward
- ReceivedReceived3 May
- ValidatedValidated3 May
- Consult.Consultation14 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Gasworks, Spofforth Road, Liverpool, L7 6LE. Liverpool has handled 2,123 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Liverpool's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 196 applications in total for the L7 postcode area.
82% of full applications at Liverpool City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- L7 6LE
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- SG - Sui Generis
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Picton Ward
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 May 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 14 June 2019
- Consultation start
- 24 May 2019
- Consultation end
- 14 June 2019
- Last date for comments
- 19 June 2019
- Committee meeting
- 9 July 2019
- Application expires
- 9 July 2019
- Permission expires
- 9 July 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 67 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 May 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Land bounded by Smithdown Road/Webster Road/Spekeland Road, Liverpool, L7+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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.
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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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