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175 - 177 Smithdown Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 2HD

26LE/1714Lawful Devt/Use ExisitingRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 19 October 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness - Refused

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

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for 8 Bed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) - Sui Generis

Received
12 June 2026
Ward
Smithdown
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 175 - 177 Smithdown Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 2HD. Liverpool has handled 1,040 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Liverpool's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Smithdown. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the L15 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
L15 2HD
Application type
Lawful Devt/Use Exisiting
Parish
City North

Planning application dates

Validated
12 June 2026

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.

Source: Liverpool

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