Merchant Taylors School For Girls Liverpool Road Crosby L23 5SP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of various of buildings across the site, refurbishment and limited remodelling of the educational buildings retained, provision of additional car parking, taxi drop off/collection facility, alterations to the primary access off Liverpool Road, new hard and soft landscaping and boundary fencing / walls to bring the vacant school site back into educational use. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Oct 2026, from Sefton's recent demolitions.
Documents 11
Statements & assessments 9
Site constraints 3
Show all 2 with distances
- 32 mMerchant Taylors School (Girls) That Portion Which Was the Original FoundationGrade II*
- 118 mChurch of St LukeGrade II
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 32 of the 56-day target. Sefton usually decides demolitions by day 52.
Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Sefton in the last twelve months, from validation. Sefton decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 18 Oct 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 2 Nov 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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.
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