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48 Empress Road, Kensington, Liverpool, L7 8SE

26LE/2247Lawful Devt/Use ExisitingPermitted
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for House of Multiple Occupation for 3-6 persons (Use Class C4)

Received (week of)
10 August 2026
Decided
5 October 2026 · Certificate of Lawfulness - Granted
Ward
Kensington & Fairfield
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Liverpool80% of applications approved

This is a planning application at 48 Empress Road, Kensington, Liverpool, L7 8SE. Liverpool has handled 18 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. The site is in the Kensington Fields conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Kensington & Fairfield. We hold 183 applications in total for the L7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26LE/2247
Address
48 Empress Road, Kensington, Liverpool, L7 8SE
Postcode
L7 8SE
Local Authority
Liverpool
Application Type
Lawful Devt/Use Exisiting
Decision Status
Permitted
Ward
Kensington & Fairfield
Parish
City North

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided
5 October 2026
Received
Week of 10 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Certificate of Lawfulness - Granted

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
53.409640, -2.956552
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Liverpool

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kensington Fields
  • 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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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