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Land behind Costa Coffee, 137 Sefton Street, Liverpool, L8 5SN

20F/1181Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 September 2020

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

To erect new B8 Warehouse

Received
4 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Riverside Ward
  1. Received4 May
  2. Validated4 May
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land behind Costa Coffee, 137 Sefton Street, Liverpool, L8 5SN. Liverpool has handled 2,123 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Liverpool's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 579 applications in total for the L8 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
L8 5SN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1 - Business
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Riverside Ward

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 May 2020
Consultation expiry
3 June 2020
Consultation start
13 May 2020
Consultation end
3 June 2020
Last date for comments
3 June 2020
Committee meeting
16 September 2020
Application expires
29 June 2020
Permission expires
16 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: The Liverpool (Anfield, Central, Greenbank, Kensington and Fairfield, Picton, Princess Pa…
  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    4 Nov

    To erect B8 Warehouse (alternative to planning permission 20F/1181

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionRelated20F/2860
  2. 2020
    4 May

    To erect new B8 Warehouse

    This applicationApprovedFull20F/1181

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