15 - 21 Lark Lane, Liverpool, L17 8UW Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25F/2316
Date received
week of 1 Sept 2025
Decision date
week of 1 Dec 2025
Postcode
L17 8UW
Leaseholder

Description

To convert upper floors into 8no. bed hotel with associated change of use and carry out minor external alterations at rear including windows and doors. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Liverpool Planning Committee on 2 Dec 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the hotel would reuse vacant floors, improve the building and avoid harm to neighbours, highways or heritage.
  • A councillor and neighbours raised concerns about bins, parking, noise, traffic, alleyways, fire safety and residential amenity.
  • The committee voted unanimously to approve the hotel with conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, committee discussion, vote and conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Liverpool's committee minutes of 2 Dec 2025.

Site constraints 5

Lark Lane conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Tree preservation order: No info.
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Air quality management area: Liverpool City AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 63, Lark Lane, Grade II, about 44 m from the postcode pin · 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 8 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Liverpool built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 September 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 £70,000 in July 2024. Other property, leasehold.

31 July 2024£70,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Liverpool
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#160 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Liverpool ranks #165 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Liverpool decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #209 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #157 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #165 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #138 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
47 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
61%
Change of use approved
195 decided
1,478
Total decisions
222 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.

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.