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St Andrews Church Stanley Road Litherland Liverpool L20 5DN

DC/2025/02032Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Use of the former church as Olympic gymnastics and trampolining facility with associated internal works and installation of an external cycle storage

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Litherland Ward
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Andrews Church Stanley Road Litherland Liverpool L20 5DN. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Litherland Ward. We hold 179 applications in total for the L20 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
L20 5DN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs K Campbell

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 March 2026
Site notice end
6 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
45

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Church of St AndrewOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Bootle and Waterloo HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Jan

    Use of the former church as Olympic gymnastics and trampolining facility with associated internal works and…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2025/02032
  2. 2026
    30 Jan

    Listed Building Consent for the use of the former church as Olympic gymnastics and trampolining facility with…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/2025/02033

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