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63-65 Merton Road Bootle L20 7AP

DC/2026/01560Awaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conversion of building into 14 bed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis) (maximum of 16 persons) comprising of 14 Single-occupancy resident bedrooms plus two single-occupancy emergency overnight pods for vulnerable adults, external alterations including single storey flat roof extension to rear and ramped access to front and rear, following demolition of existing detached garage

Submitted
6 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Bootle West Ward
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 63-65 Merton Road Bootle L20 7AP. Sefton has handled 4,268 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Derby Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Bootle West Ward. We hold 177 applications in total for the L20 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
L20 7AP
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2026
Consultation end
7 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

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 Area
  • 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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