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Former Bogans Carpet Unit New Bird Street Liverpool L1 0DN

20F/2743Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 24 January 2022

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To demolish existing buildings and erect a 4 to 9 storey block (plus basement) creating 234 co-living apartments (Sui Generis) and ground floor commercial/business units (Use Class E), together with associated car parking, cycle parking, on site communal amenity space, including co-working areas, gym and external courtyard, landscaping and other external works (Amended scheme)

Received
27 October 2020
Ward
Riverside
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 453 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Bogans Carpet Unit New Bird Street Liverpool L1 0DN. Liverpool has handled 2,123 applications of this type. This one was decided in 454 days, 57 weeks longer than Liverpool'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. We hold 276 applications in total for the L1 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
L1 0DN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 - Dwelling Houses
Scale / size
Large
Parish
City Centre

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2020
Consultation expiry
20 April 2021
Consultation start
2 November 2020
Consultation end
20 April 2021
Last date for comments
6 April 2021
Application expires
26 January 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

First advertised
5 November 2020
Site notice start
5 November 2020

Appeal history

3293838
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 September 2022Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
123

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: St. James Court, St. James Street/New Bird Street/Greenland Street, Liverpool, L1 0DN+2 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© 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.

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