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

20F/2860Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 April 2021

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
4 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Riverside Ward
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 148 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 148 days, 13 weeks longer than Liverpool's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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
B8 - Storage or Distribution
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Riverside Ward

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2020
Consultation expiry
16 December 2020
Consultation start
25 November 2020
Consultation end
16 December 2020
Last date for comments
16 December 2020
Committee meeting
1 April 2021
Application expires
1 April 2021
Permission expires
1 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
148 days

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Carriage Ramps and StepsOn or next to this site
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    4 Nov

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

    This applicationApprovedFull20F/2860
  2. 2020
    4 May

    To erect new B8 Warehouse

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart of20F/1181

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