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38 Derwent Road East, Liverpool, L13 6QR

25LP/3249Lawful Devt/Use ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness - Refused

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

Proposal

**Amended Description** Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development to change the use of a property from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's home (Use Class C2), for a maximum of 3 children aged between 7 and 17 years old, cared for by 2 carers. A pool of 6 carers undertaking a 24‑hour shift pattern with 2 carers on duty 4 days on 3 days off, 2 carers on duty 3 days on 4 days off, and 2 carers on duty 3 days on 4 days off, with shift handovers taking place on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, including a 30‑minute changeover period between 10am and 10:30am. A Registered Manager will visit the property on an ad‑hoc basis between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday only, a Responsible Individual (RI) will visit twice a month on an ad‑hoc basis, a social worker will attend 1 day every six weeks, and Ofsted will attend the property once every 12 months. The property will provide no physical alterations to the external footprint of the building, nor significant structural changes.

Received
29 November 2025
Ward
Old Swan West
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 38 Derwent Road East, Liverpool, L13 6QR. Liverpool has handled 1,040 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Old Swan West. We hold 144 applications in total for the L13 postcode area.

71% of outline 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
L13 6QR
Application type
Lawful Devt/Use Proposed
Parish
City North

Planning application dates

Validated
29 November 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness - Refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Derwent Square
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO128
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Derwent Square, Liverpool
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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