Merseyside Fire And Rescue Service, CROXTETH COMMUNITY FIRE STATION Storrington Avenue, Liverpool, L11 9AP Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25F/1621
Date received
week of 15 Sept 2025
Decision date
week of 3 Aug 2026
Postcode
L11 9AP

Description

To erect retail store (Use Class E(a)) with associated works including new access, parking, substation and landscaping following the demolition of existing onsite buildings Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Liverpool Planning Committee on 30 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the store would reuse a vacant site without unacceptable retail, design, amenity or highway impacts.
  • Residents raised boundary, security, telecommunications and compulsory-purchase concerns, while more people supported affordable food, regeneration and jobs.
  • The committee voted unanimously to approve the store, subject to conditions and a legal agreement.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, local views, committee debate, conditions and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Liverpool's committee minutes of 30 Jun 2026.

Associated applications 6

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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Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#160 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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