Hunters House Aintree Lane Aintree L10 8LQ

DC/2025/01998Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 29 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of an existing four-bedroom detached dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a four bed-room residential childrens home (Use Class C2) providing accommodation for up to 4no. children with 24/7 staff presence. No external alterations proposed.

Received: 3 February 2026
Council: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Molyneux Ward
Agent: Muse Architects

ReceivedReceived3 Feb
ValidatedValidated3 Feb
Consult.Consultation10 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided29 Jul

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hunters House Aintree Lane Aintree L10 8LQ. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 17 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 73 applications in total for the L10 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: L10 8LQ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Aintree Village Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 7 March 2026
Consultation end: 10 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Muse Architects
Architect profile: MUSE ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: 455 Chester Rd, Old Trafford Manchester

Planning decision

Case officer: Michael Coburn

Publicity

Site notice end: 7 March 2026

Additional information

Documents: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: SeftonPart of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

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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.

Source: Sefton

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