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Lees Garden Restaurant Old Prescot Close Melling L31 1JH

DC/2024/02141Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 January 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Erection of 8 No. detached houses with associated vehicular access and landscaping works (part variation of DC/2023/01539)

Received
23 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Molyneux Ward
Agent
Cockwill & Co Ltd
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 267 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Lees Garden Restaurant Old Prescot Close Melling L31 1JH. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 267 days, 30 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Molyneux Ward. We hold 361 applications in total for the L31 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
L31 1JH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation end
4 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cockwill & Co Ltd
Agent address
11 Oakworth Bank Park Road Southport PR9 9NZ United Kingdom

Additional information

Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: SeftonPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Lees Garden Restaurant, Old Prescot Close, Maghull & AintreeRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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 and heritage coasts.

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: Sefton

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