Land Fronting Queens Drive At The Junction Queens Drive/ Sandfield Walk, Liverpool, L13 0AP Data via plota.co.uk

23F/2321 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

To erect 19 no. dwellings with associated access, parking and landscaping and the erection of 10-14m ball catch netting along the north eastern boundary. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Sept 2023
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Validated
28 Sept 2023
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Committee
30 Sept 2025
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Approved
11 Jun 2026

Approved on 11 Jun 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Liverpool Planning Committee on 30 Sept 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide homes on a vacant site, with highway and sports impacts addressed by conditions and mitigation.
  • Residents and a headteacher raised concerns about access, traffic and danger to school children, while the applicant’s agent supported the scheme.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site history, officer assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Liverpool's committee minutes of 30 Sept 2025.

Documents 58

Statements & assessments 22

PDF Drawing-Issue-Schedule-Queens-Drive-Phase-3-received 07/08/25 Supporting Statements/Assessments · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Method Statement - Rev C Supporting Statements/Assessments · 23 Jan 2025 View ↗ PDF Employment and Skills statement, Oct 24 Supporting Statements/Assessments · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Updated PEA and BIA, received 29/10/24 Supporting Statements/Assessments · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Statutory-Biodiversity-Metric-Condition-Assessments-Queens-Drive-2024.xlsx Supporting Statements/Assessments · 26 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Supporting Statements/Assessments · 26 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF RHE-BIA-Queens-Drive-2024.xlsm Supporting Statements/Assessments · 26 Sept 2024 View ↗ PDF Supporting information received 6/3/24 Supporting Statements/Assessments · 20 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Supporting information received 6/3/24 Supporting Statements/Assessments · 20 Mar 2024 View ↗ PDF Phase I-II Geoenvironmental Report Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Financial Viability Appraisal Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Phase I-II Geoenvironmental Report Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Alder Cricket Club - Boundary Risk Assessment Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Drainage Report Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Technical Note 01C Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Drainage Layout - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Visual and Cultural Designations Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Non Hazardous Waste Report Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Supporting Statements/Assessments · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗

Plans & drawings 32

PDF Tree Root Protection Section-received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Access Road Section-received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Boundary Details-received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Boundary Details-received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing/ Proposed - Context Elevations- received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing/ Proposed - Context Elevations Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed elevations and floor plans Block 4- received 0/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed elevations and floor plans Block 3- received 0/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed elevations and floor plans Block 2- received 0/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed elevations and floor plans Block 1- received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed site plan-Received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing site plan-Received 07/08/25 Amended plans · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 23_012-002-PROPOSED-SITE-PLAN-REV-B.pdf - Rec 22.01.2025 Amended plans · 23 Jan 2025 View ↗ PDF 23_012-012-PROPOSED-TRP-SECTION.pdf - Rec 22.01.2025 Amended plans · 23 Jan 2025 View ↗ PDF 23_012-011-PROPOSED-SECTION-REV-A.pdf - Rec 22.01.2025 Amended plans · 23 Jan 2025 View ↗ PDF 23_012-003-REV-A.pdf - Received 17.10.2024 Amended plans · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF 23_012-004-REV-A.pdf - Received 17.10.2024 Amended plans · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF 23_012-005-REV-A.pdf - Received 17.10.2024 Amended plans · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF 23_012-006-REV-A.pdf - Received 17.10.2024 Amended plans · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF 23_012-007-REV-A.pdf - Received 17.10.2024 Amended plans · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF 23_012-008-REV-A.pdf - Received 17.10.2024 Amended plans · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF 23_012-010-REV-A.pdf - Received 17.10.2024 Amended plans · 31 Oct 2024 View ↗ PDF Boundary Details - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Boundary Details - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Site Sections - Existing and Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Context Elevations - Existing and Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Block 4 Drawings - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Block 3 Drawings - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Block 2 Drawings - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Block 1 Drawings - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Site Plan - Proposed Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗ PDF Site Plans - Existing Plans · 18 Sept 2023 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

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
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. 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
L13 0AP
Received
6 Sept 2023
Validated
28 Sept 2023
Ward
Sandfield Park
Parish
City North
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Jun 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
11 Jun 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Smith Young Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 987 days from validation, 765 days slower than Liverpool's median of 222 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 89% of commercial and major works here are.

23%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
20%go to committee

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
12 Jun 2026
Liverpool
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#160 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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