2 Blackberry Grove Halewood Knowsley L26 7XQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/00541/CLD - Certificate of Lawful Use/ Dev. Proposed Refused

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for change from residential dwelling (use Class C3) to adult respite care home (use Class C3 b) for a maximum of 4no. Adults with disabilities Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
25 Mar 2026
✗
Refused
19 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision with Objections · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Inside the Liverpool built-up area; Green belt about 66 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £216,500 in November 2006. Detached house, freehold.

17 November 2006£216,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Knowsley
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use/ Dev. Proposed
Postcode
L26 7XQ
Received
25 Mar 2026
Validated
25 Mar 2026
Ward
Halewood North
Parish
Halewood Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
20 May 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision with Objections
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 12% of changes of use here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
11%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Knowsley in the last twelve months, from validation. Knowsley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
20 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Knowsley
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#159 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Knowsley ranks #186 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Knowsley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #41 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #83 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #186 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #191 of 296
92%
Minor dwellings approved
12 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
23 decided
299
Total decisions
19 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.