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DC/2026/00645 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use from a former restaurant to a children's nursery including a single storey extension to the rear and alterations to side elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

13 Apr 2026

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Committee

1 Jul 2026

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Approved

10 Jul 2026

Approved on 10 Jul 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

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Documents 9

Associated applications 2

FullApproved10 Jul 2026DC/2026/00645This application
Change of use from a former restaurant to a children's nursery including a single storey extension to the rear and alterations…
Conditions 5 discharged
- ConditionsDischarge of condition 5 (Travel Plan).23 Jul 2026DC/2026/01253

Site constraints 2

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 2

Last sold for £467,082 in April 2026. Other property, freehold.

9 April 2026£467,082Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

17 December 2020£1,010,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area318 m² (3,423 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (asset rating 108)

UseA3/A4/A5 Restaurant and Cafes/Drinking Establishments and Hot Food takeaways

HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Sefton
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: L31 1AP
Received: 13 Apr 2026
Validated: 13 Apr 2026
Ward: Molyneux Ward
Parish: Melling Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Jun 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 10 Jul 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Pegasus Group
Freehold owner: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 88 days from validation, 32 days slower than Sefton's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 77% of changes of use here are.

This one88d

Council56d

UK56d

54%decided within 8 weeks

77%approved

75decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 18 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 8 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Sefton

Planning Authority Score

6.4/10

Average

#84 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Sefton ranks #119 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Sefton decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #66 of 296

96%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #59 of 296

71%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #119 of 296

39%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #141 of 296

87%

Minor dwellings approved

82 decided (1-9 homes)

87%

Major dwellings approved

15 decided (10+ homes)

78%

Change of use approved

76 decided

1,029

Total decisions

75 refused in the year to March 2026

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.