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178 Hawthorne Road Bootle L20 3AR

DC/2026/01340Awaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from former day nursery (Use Class E(f)) to independent special school (Use Class F1(a)) for up to 32 pupils aged 7-16 with SEMH needs. Minor rearrangements of external windows and doors as per plans.

Submitted
11 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Bootle East Ward
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 178 Hawthorne Road Bootle L20 3AR. Sefton has handled 4,268 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Derby Park conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Bootle East Ward. We hold 177 applications in total for the L20 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
L20 3AR
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Michael Coburn

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Derby Park Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Bootle and Waterloo HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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