53 Kiln Hey, Liverpool, L12 2BE Data via plota.co.uk

25H/3293 - Household Refused

Proposal

To retain boundary fence Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Dec 2025
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Validated
14 Jan 2026
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Committee
8 Jul 2026
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Refused
31 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Liverpool Planning and Placemaking Committee on 8 Jul 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because renewable energy benefits outweighed acceptable or mitigated effects and the proposal complied with the Development Plan.
  • A neighbour sought assurance that screen planting would protect views, while consultees raised no objections subject to conditions.
  • The committee granted permission with amended conditions and informatives after hearing the applicant and asking questions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, officer assessment, consultation responses, public representation, committee discussion and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Liverpool's committee minutes of 8 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 6

Tree preservation order: Within the bounds of Sandfield Park.
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 ↗
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Alder Grange, Grade II, about 56 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 384 m away: Mersey Tidal Power Project, at pre-application; Inside the Liverpool built-up area; Priority habitat about 16 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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 £750,000 in November 2023. Detached house, freehold.

8 November 2023£750,000

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

Building

Floor area236 m² (2,540 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (87 out of 100), could reach A
PropertyDetached house
Built2023
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.16 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Liverpool
Application type
Household
Postcode
L12 2BE
Received
3 Dec 2025
Validated
14 Jan 2026
Ward
Sandfield Park
Parish
City North
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Apr 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
MAT DESIGN LIMITED

How this decision compares

Decided in 198 days from validation, 144 days slower than Liverpool's median of 54 for extensions. Refused, as 11% of extensions here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
1,218decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Liverpool in the last twelve months, from validation. Liverpool decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Apr 2026
Liverpool
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#160 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.