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Allowed11 July 20253362642

Land Between Merton Hotel and S Hughes House, Stanley Road, Bootle, L20 3AZ

Planning appeal 3362642 at Land Between Merton Hotel and S Hughes House, Stanley Road, Bootle, L20 3AZ (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 11 July 2025 by Inspector Cleary D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of varying the conditions on the regeneration objectives for the area.

Continued use of the land as a car park Monday to Friday

Authority
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Cleary D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of varying the conditions on the regeneration objectives for the area

What decided it

The uncertainty of timescales for the emerging Bootle Area Action Plan, masterplan, and parking assessment meant that a one-year temporary consent would be unreasonably restrictive and result in the site becoming vacant, whereas a three-year consent would allow time for redevelopment plans to advance while maintaining beneficial use.

The benefits of continuing the complementary car parking use in the short term, which serves the surrounding commercial area and maintains the site in beneficial use, outweighed the Council's regeneration objectives which are dependent on documents not yet finalised with uncertain timescales.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ED6Policy ED4Policy BAAP5

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