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Site Of Lees Garden Restaurant Old Prescot Close Melling L31 1JH

DC/2026/00501Discharge of conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 November 2026

Council decision: Part Approve/Part Refuse

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (surface and foul water drainage scheme), 4 (tree protection scheme), 5 (preliminary investigation report), 6 (scope of works), 7 (remediation strategy), 8 (waste management), 9 (wheel washing), 10 (HCMP), 11 (CEMP), 13 (existing and proposed ground levels), 16 (noise mitigation), 17 (noise mitigation), 18 (SUDS), 20 (pedestrian and vehicular access), 22 (landscaping scheme), 23 (verification report), 24 (lighting scheme) and 25 (biodiversity enhancement)

Received
20 March 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Molyneux Ward
Agent
Cockwill & Co Ltd
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 231 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Site Of Lees Garden Restaurant Old Prescot Close Melling L31 1JH. Sefton has handled 476 applications of this type. This one was decided in 231 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 59 applications across Molyneux Ward. We hold 361 applications in total for the L31 postcode area.

94% of conditions 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
L31 1JH
Application type
Discharge of condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Consultation expiry
24 April 2026
Consultation end
10 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cockwill & Co Ltd
Agent address
25 Sunny Road Southport PR9 7LU

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
  • Brownfield land register: Lees Garden Restaurant, Old Prescot Close, Maghull & AintreeRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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