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82 St Johns Road Waterloo L22 9QQ

DC/2026/00437Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from retail shop (Class E) to a restaurant and hot food takeaway (retrospective)

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Church Ward
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 82 St Johns Road Waterloo L22 9QQ. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Church Ward. We hold 104 applications in total for the L22 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
L22 9QQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
8 May 2026
Consultation end
3 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Diane Humphreys

Publicity

Site notice end
8 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Bootle and Waterloo HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Sefton

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