23-25 & Rear Of 27 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TA Data via plota.co.uk

26F/0424 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of air conditioning units and extraction duct to rear elevation and rooftop (planning application) and associated Listed Building Consent for air condition and extraction duct, and internal works to the building; in connection with change of use of upper ground floor to Use Class E. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 5 Oct 2026, 07:39

Application progress

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Received

10 Feb 2026

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Committee

28 Jul 2026

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Approved

7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Liverpool Planning Committee on 28 Jul 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the restaurant would reuse vacant space, support the city centre and preserve heritage, with impacts controlled by conditions.
Residents objected over noise, odour, extraction, vibration, overlooking, construction activity and outdoor seating access.
The committee approved the applications subject to the Director’s proposed conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, consultation responses, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Liverpool's committee minutes of 28 Jul 2026.

Documents 57

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 27

Plans & drawings 27

Application forms 2

PDF Amended Application Form Rec 13.05.26with Chnaged description of development Application Forms/Certificates · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Document · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

52 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Yorkshire Building Society, Grade II, about 11 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade I, 8 Grade II*, 42 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 52 with distances

11 mYorkshire Building SocietyGrade II
13 m25, Castle StreetGrade II
13 m1 and 3, Union CourtGrade II
19 mBank of EnglandGrade I
26 m17-21, Castle StreetGrade II
33 mBarned's BuildingsGrade II
36 m2-14, Queen AvenueGrade II
38 mQueen Insurance BuildingGrade II
48 mRoyal Insurance BuildingGrade II*
48 m36, Castle StreetGrade II
49 mNational Westminster Overseas BankGrade II
50 mNumbers 1/3 and 5 (Western Part Only)Grade II
54 m9, Union CourtGrade II
55 mNational Westminster BankGrade II*
55 m38, Castle Street and 1, Brunswick StreetGrade II*
59 m3 and 5, Castle StreetGrade II
62 mNational and Provincial Building SocietyGrade II
64 mNumber 5 (Eastern Part Only) 7 and 9Grade II
65 m10-18, Castle StreetGrade II
67 mNo. 1 CASTLE STREETGrade II
68 mNumbers 20 to 24 Queen Avenue and Gateway to Sweeting StreetGrade II
68 m44, Castle StreetGrade II
72 mFormer Midland Bank, 4 Dale StreetGrade II
73 m46, Castle StreetGrade II
75 mCheltenham and Gloucester Building SocietyGrade II
76 m48 and 50, Castle StreetGrade II
85 m1 Water Street and 2 Castle StreetGrade II
85 mHalifax HouseGrade II
86 m6-10, Dale StreetGrade II
86 mBarclay's BankGrade II
86 m52 and 54, Castle StreetGrade II
91 mVentilation Station to the Mersey Road TunnelGrade II
94 m16, Cook StreetGrade II*
99 mMidshires Building SocietyGrade II
101 mState Insurance BuildingGrade II
104 m7 Water Street and 3 Fenwick StreetGrade II
105 m60 and 62, Castle StreetGrade II
108 m18-22, North John Street and 18, Cook StreetGrade II
117 mTown HallGrade I
120 mLiverpool and London and Globe BuildingGrade II
120 mCastle Moat HouseGrade II
121 mMelbourne BuildingsGrade II
124 mRegina HouseGrade II
126 mHarrington ChambersGrade II
132 mUnion Marine Buildings, Original Part by Sir James Picton OnlyGrade II
136 mK2 Telephone Call Box Outside Liverpool Town HallGrade II
140 mRoyal Insurance BuildingGrade II*
143 mSaddle InnGrade II
144 mK6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Liverpool Town HallGrade II
145 mFowler's BuildingsGrade II*
145 mIndia Buildings, including the Water Street entrance to James Street underground stationGrade II*
147 mMartins Bank BuildingGrade II*

Historic England ↗

World heritage site: Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Castle Street 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.

Article 4 direction

The Liverpool (Anfield, Central, Greenbank, Kensington and Fairfield, Picton, Princess Park, Riverside, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and Wavertree wards and parts of Kirkdale and Church wards) (Article 4(. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

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 ↗

Also on the record

Special protection area about 487 m away: Liverpool Bay; 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 18 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.

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Important details

Council: Liverpool
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: L2 4TA
Received: 10 Feb 2026
Validated: 10 Feb 2026
Ward: City Centre North
Parish: City Centre
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Apr 2026
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Decision date: 7 Aug 2026
Decision level: Planning Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Katie Priest Town Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 178 days from validation, 125 days slower than Liverpool's median of 53 for listed building works. Approved, as 96% of listed building works here are.

This one178d

Council53d

UK56d

72%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

51decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Committee: 28 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 7 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

32 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025

To erect air conditioning units and extraction duct to rear elevation and carry out inter…

25L/3531 21 Dec 2025

2025

To erect air conditioning units and extraction duct to rear elevation and rooftop.

25F/3525 21 Dec 2025

2025

To carry out demolition of existing partition walls, retention of existing steel columns…

25L/3501 21 Dec 2025

2024 Approved

To replace door and repaint existing window frames to front and side, replace 2 no. windo…

24L/1386 22 May 2024

2024 Approved

Proposed change of use of lower ground floor from Class A4 (Drinking Establishment) to Cl…

24F/1385 22 May 2024

2024 Withdrawn

To replace door and repaint existing window frames to front, replace 4 no. windows to rea…

24F/0951 28 Mar 2024

2024 Withdrawn

To replace door and repaint existing window frames to front, replace 4 no. windows to rea…

24L/0900 28 Mar 2024

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

23-25 & Rear Of Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TA

To display 1 no. externally illuminated fascia sign and 1 no. internally illuminated menu…

25A/3523 22 Dec 2025

2025 Approved

8b Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TQ

To replace shopfront, carry out non-structural internal works and replace existing roller…

25L/3412 12 Dec 2025

2025 Approved

8b Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TQ

To replace the shopfront and existing roller shutter.

25F/3398 12 Dec 2025

2025

1 Union Court, Liverpool, L2 4SJ

To carry out external alterations to the building, including new vents at roof level; rem…

25F/2977 4 Nov 2025

2025

14 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TH

To install 1 no. plaque to front elevation

25L/2751 14 Oct 2025

2025

6 North John Street, Liverpool, L2 4SD

To carry out alterations and use ground floor premises as a bar (Sui Generis) with openin…

25F/2193 17 Aug 2025

2025 Approved

36 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 0NR

Retrospective application to display 3 no. internally illuminated fascia signs.

25L/2102 6 Aug 2025

2025 Approved

36 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 0NR

Retrospective application to display 3 no. internally illuminated fascia signs.

25A/1997 23 Jul 2025

2025 Approved

62 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 7LQ

To convert the first floor to create 13 no. additional hotel rooms and carry out associat…

25L/1847 7 Jul 2025

2025 Approved

62 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 7LQ

To convert the first floor to create 13 no. additional hotel rooms and carry out associat…

25F/1832 7 Jul 2025

2025 Approved

15 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4SX

Application for Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development to a listed building to instal…

25LP/0992 9 Apr 2025

2025 Approved

15 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4SX

To carry out alterations to signage on the building.

25L/0974 4 Apr 2025

2025 Approved

., 15 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4SX

To display 1 no. internally illuminated fascia sign and brass plaque.

25A/0432 19 Feb 2025

2024

6 Dale Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TQ

To undertake internal alterations to the ground and first floor including extension to me…

24L/2743 11 Oct 2024

2024 Approved

1 Union Court, Liverpool, L2 4SJ

To carry out external alterations to elevations and roof including additional windows, ne…

24F/2470 20 Sep 2024

2024 Refused

Heritage Restaurant, 40 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 7LA

To replace windows at front to include opening lights.

24L/2314 5 Sep 2024

2024 Refused

Heritage Restaurant, 40 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 7LA

To replace windows at front to include opening lights.

24F/2313 5 Sep 2024

2024 Approved

31 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TA

To erect temporary scaffolding

24L/2246 29 Aug 2024

2024 Approved

31 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TA

To carry out internal and external alterations, including erecting new windows and glazed…

24L/2043 2 Aug 2024

2024 Approved

31 Castle Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 4TA

To change use of part ground floor and basement from garage to restaurant/bar (sui generi…

24F/2042 2 Aug 2024

2018 Approved

Municipal Buildings, Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JD

To extend and convert Grade II* listed building into a hotel with associated restaurant/b…

18L/1628 12 Mar 2019

2018 Approved

Municipal Buildings, Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JD

To carry out works of alteration and demolition, including the erection of a four storey…

18F/1627 20 Feb 2019

2018 Approved

42 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 7LA

To carry out associated works in connection with the conversion of floors 1-4 to form an…

18L/0232 11 Feb 2019

2018 Approved

42 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 7LH

To carry out associated works in connection with the conversion of floors 1-4 to form an…

18F/3261 11 Feb 2019

2019

17 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 4SX

To carry out works, including replace shopfront, display non-illuminated signage, recover…

19L/0405 4 Feb 2019

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