MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BUILDING Hartley Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AX Data via plota.co.uk

25DIS/3564 - Approval of Details Reserved by Condition Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

To discharge conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 attached to planning ref Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
week of 22 Dec 2025
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Validated
24 Dec 2025
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Approved
week of 26 Jan 2026

Approved in the week of 26 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Forms/Certificates · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

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    Conditions details submitted for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10

Site constraints 8

8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Dock Traffic Office, Grade I, about 2 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade I, 5 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.
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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
Albert Dock 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 ↗
Special protection area about 195 m away: Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl (England)
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Inside the Liverpool built-up area.
Not affected
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
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition
Postcode
L3 4AX
Received
week of 22 Dec 2025
Validated
24 Dec 2025
Ward
Waterfront South
Parish
City Centre
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Feb 2026
Decision
Condition(s) Discharged
Decision date
week of 26 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Donald Insall Associates Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

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Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
To display two banners.
23A/1049
2023 Approved
To add non-intrusive banner fixings to the portico columns to allow for the installation…
23L/1046
Within ~100m

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Street Record Hartley Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AN
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2025 Approved
1 - 8, Edward Pavilion Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AF
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25L/0664
2024 Approved
1 - 8, Edward Pavilion Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AF
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24L/3183
2024 Approved
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24L/2726
2024 Approved
24, Edward Pavilion Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AF
To carry out tree works in a conservation area.
24TC/1969
2024 Approved
Martin Luther King Jr Building (former Dock Traffic Office) And Hartley Pavilion (maritime Museum) Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ
To carry out external works of alteration to the Martin Luther King Jr building including…
24F/1620
2024 Approved
Martin Luther King Jr Building (former Dock Traffic Office) And Hartley Pavilion (maritime Museum) Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ
To carry out external works of alteration to the Martin Luther King Jr building including…
24L/1621
2024 Approved
1 - 8, Edward Pavilion Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AF
To undertake internal alterations to the third and fourth floor including fit out and cos…
24L/1368
2024 Approved
1 - 8, Edward Pavilion Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AF
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24L/1339
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To carry out internal alterations to the first, second and third floors.
23L/2559
2023 Approved
Edward Pavilion, Liverpool, L3 4AF
Application for Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for internal alterations
23LP/1923
2023 Approved
1 - 8, Edward Pavilion Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AF
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Shelter 78m From The Pump House, Albert Dock 5m From Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, L3 4AN
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23A/0599
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Liverpool
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#160 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings