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Hand Car Wash 117 Sefton Road Litherland

DC/2025/02011Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions10 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a shop and existing car showroom to a Pilates room, reception, car wash and car wash waiting area

Received
29 January 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Ford Ward
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 229 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hand Car Wash 117 Sefton Road Litherland. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 229 days, 25 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Ford Ward.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 May 2026
Consultation end
4 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
9 Moorfield Road, Liverpool Merseyside L23 9UB

Planning decision

Case officer
Michael Coburn

Publicity

Site notice end
6 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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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.

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