Imo Car Wash Kew Retail Park Scarisbrick New Road Southport PR8 5RG
Approved on 16 July 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions20 conditions
Proposal
Demolition of existing car wash facility and erection of a replacement restaurant/drive-thru (Class E/Sui Generis) and associated infrastructure.
- Received
- 15 January 2026
- Ward
- Norwood Ward
- Agent
- NJL Consulting (Manchester) Limited
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation22 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Jul
Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Imo Car Wash Kew Retail Park Scarisbrick New Road Southport PR8 5RG. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Norwood Ward. We hold 1,090 applications in total for the PR8 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
- PR8 5RG
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 15 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 22 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- NJL Consulting (Manchester) Limited
- Architect profile
- NJL CONSULTING (MANCHESTER) LIMITED
- Agent address
- NJL Consulting Origin, 6th Floor 70 Spring Gardens Manchester M2 2BQ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Atherton
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 9 March 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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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Associated applications
- 202611 Aug
Variation of condition 18 pursuant to planning permission DC/2025/02081
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DC/2026/01339 - 202615 Jan
Demolition of existing car wash facility and erection of a replacement restaurant/drive-thru (Class E/Sui…
This applicationApprovedFullDC/2025/02081
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