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Pear Tree Inn Prescot Road Melling L31 1AP

DC/2026/00645Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee9 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a former restaurant to a children's nursery including a single storey extension to the rear and alterations to side elevation.

Received
13 April 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Molyneux Ward
Agent
Pegasus Group
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Pear Tree Inn Prescot Road Melling L31 1AP. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Molyneux Ward. We hold 360 applications in total for the L31 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
L31 1AP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Consultation expiry
18 June 2026
Consultation end
18 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Pegasus Group
Agent address
4 St Pauls Square Liverpool L3 9SJ

Planning decision

Case officer
James Brockway

Publicity

Site notice end
18 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Sefton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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
    23 Jul

    Discharge of condition 5 (Travel Plan) attached to DC/2026/00645

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/2026/01253
  2. 2026
    13 Apr

    Change of use from a former restaurant to a children's nursery including a single storey extension to the…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2026/00645

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