Rowan View Hospital Villas Road Maghull L31 1FN
Approved on 9 April 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions5 conditions
Proposal
Installation of solar photovoltaics (PV) on the remaining pitched roofs of Rowan View Hospital and the erection of glass reinforced plastic enclosures to house associated battery storage and transformers.
- Received
- 28 November 2025
- Ward
- Molyneux Ward
- Agent
- Mersey Design Group Ltd
- ReceivedReceived28 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Rowan View Hospital Villas Road Maghull L31 1FN. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 11 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 1FN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Melling Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mersey Design Group Ltd
- Architect profile
- MERSEY DESIGN GROUP LIMITED
- Agent address
- Mersey Design Group Ltd Cleveland House 41 Shaw Street Liverpool L6 1HL
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 9 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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© 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.
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