180 Liverpool Road North Maghull L31 2HP Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2025/01196 - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Demolition of all existing buildings/structures, and erection of a Class E convenience store, with access, servicing, car parking, landscaping, solar farm, and other associated works such as installation of plant (Amended Information). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 12 Aug 2025
Decision
Target date was 7 Oct 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 5 Nov 2026; it is now day 442.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 73

Statements & assessments 28

PDF Land contamination consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Bat survey report addendum august 2026 Report · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Retail sequential assessment: addendum Report · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning noise assessment report Report · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Addendum heritage appraisal Report · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Bng updated metric Report · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Re revised drainage layout Correspondence · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Condition assessment sheets Report · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Updated bng metric Report · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage statement Report · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Updated preliminary ecological appraisal and bat report Report · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk & drainage strategy technical design note Report · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural impact assessment, method statement and tree protection plan - oc Report · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise level specifications ? byd 120kw and alpitronic hyc chargers Report · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain ? combined visualisations Report · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Updated biodiversity net gain (october 2025) Report · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Flooding and drainage Consultee Comment · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Bng statutory metric calculation tool Report · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Co-op maghull planning and retail statement (july 2025) Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Transport statement Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood risk and drainage impact assessment Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Written scheme of investigation for a level 2 historical building survey Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Phase 1 geo-environmental assessment Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Sustainability and energy statement Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise impact assessment Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary ecological assessment and bat report Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Tree survey Report · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 28

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗
PDF Eho consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee response - meas Consultee Comment · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Conservation comments consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Response to conservation officer comments Report · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Conservation comments response Report · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Representation - united utilities Consultee Comment · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Meas consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Conservation consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Response to lpa comment jan 2026 Report · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Eho consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Conservation consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Meas consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Response to statutory consultee comments Correspondence · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Response to statutory consultee comments - annex a Correspondence · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Response to statutory consultee comments - annex b Correspondence · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Rammsanderson response to lpa / meas comments on pea / bat surveys Report · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Highways consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Meas consultee comment submitted online Consultee Comment · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental health Consultee Comment · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Representation united utilities Consultee Comment · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Contaminated land Consultee Comment · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Meas consult Consultee Comment · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Canal and river trust Consultee Comment · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Wlbt group Consultee Comment · 14 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 1

Also on the record
Inside the Lydiate built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 16 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.

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Important details

Council
Sefton
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
L31 2HP
Received
around 12 Aug 2025
Validated
12 Aug 2025
Ward
Sudell Ward
Parish
Maghull Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2025
Applicant
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Agent
Walsingham Planning

Decision outlook

Day 442, past the statutory target. 73% of full applications in Sefton are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

Day 4429 days to the predicted decision (day 451)
50%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Sefton in the last twelve months, from validation. Sefton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Sefton
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#84 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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

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