Great Homer Street Market Great Homer Street, Liverpool, L5 5AB Data via plota.co.uk

26F/1944 - Full Planning Permission Assessment

Proposal

To change use of existing parking from ancillary to market use only, and to be used also as parking throughout the week for Merseyside Police with associated hours (05:00-Midnight Monday-Friday); carry out amendments to existing gates on Virgil Street to allow for reinstatement of use for vehicles and pedestrians and amendment to parking layout to suit new gates. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 79.

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction
Land bounded by Great Homer Street/Buckingham Street/Scotland Road/Kirkdale Road, Liverpool, L5 (known as Project Jennifer area). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project: Mersey Tidal Power Project, at pre-application; 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 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.

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Important details

Council
Liverpool
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
L5 5AB
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ellis Williams Architects

Decision outlook

Day 79, past the statutory target. 66% of changes of use in Liverpool are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 21 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 7923 days past the 56-day target
50%decided within 8 weeks
62%approved
381decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Liverpool in the last twelve months, from validation. Liverpool decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Oct 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