4-10 Gildart Street, Liverpool, L3 8ET Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
To erect a 6 storey building for student accommodation with rooftop plant room and external terrace, comprising 15 studios and 10 x 6 bed cluster flats, with 1 no. ground floor flexible Use Class E unit, cycle parking and ancillary facilities, including demolition of existing building. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 29 May 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Liverpool Planning Committee on 19 Aug 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide suitable accommodation, improve the area and protect neighbours and highways, subject to conditions and an agreement.
- Businesses and residents raised concerns about too much student housing, parking, construction impacts, loss of light and the lack of family housing.
- Members voted unanimously to approve the six-storey student accommodation scheme, subject to a legal agreement and conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Liverpool's committee minutes of 19 Aug 2025.
Documents 58
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 22
Plans & drawings 28
Application forms 2
Site constraints 3
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Important details
- Council
- Liverpool
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- L3 8ET
- Received
- 1 Dec 2023
- Validated
- 16 May 2025
- Ward
- Brownlow Hill
- Parish
- City Centre
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Decision date
- 29 May 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Baltic PDC
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 378 days from validation, 156 days slower than Liverpool's median of 222 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 89% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Liverpool in the last twelve months, from validation. Liverpool decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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