Article 4 directions

Article 4 directions in Liverpool City Council

Liverpool City Council has published 1,420 Article 4 direction areas in force to the national planning dataset (planning.data.gov.uk), as of our last update on 25 October 2026. 21 of them withdraw Class L — the change from a house (C3) to a small house in multiple occupation (C4) — according to the council's published record. 87 records do not say which rights it withdraws.

The national dataset holds what councils have published to it, so a recent direction may be missing — confirm with the council before relying on permitted development. An Article 4 boundary can split a postcode: check the exact address with the council.

Areas where Class L (small HMO) is withdrawn

Area	Reference	In force from	Record
1-3 Croxteth Road, L8 3SE	A4Da1368	18 June 2021	source
133 Woolton Road, Liverpool, L15 6TB	A4Da1356	27 June 2018	source
133 Woolton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool , L15 6TB	A4Da1326	5 January 2018	source
133 Woolton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 6TB	A4Da1382	11 February 2019	source
149 Picton Road, Liverpool, L15 4LG	A4Da1336	17 August 2018	source
17-19 Holt Road, Liverpool, L7 2PL	A4Da1280	11 April 2017	source
18A Florida Court, Liverpool, L19 9EF	A4Da1406	23 April 2019	source
23 - 25 Belmont Road, Liverpool, L6 5BG	A4Da1239	2 August 2016	source
2A Myrtle Street, Liverpool, L7	A4Da1026	19 October 2012	source
2A Myrtle Street, Liverpool, L7	A4Da961	19 December 2011	source
50-60 Waterloo Road, Liverpool, L3 7BE	A4Da1314	18 March 2021	source
53 Grey Road, Liverpool, L9 1AX	A4Da1436	22 July 2025	source
7 Honeys Green Precinct, Liverpool , L12 9JH	A4Da1360	20 July 2018	source
90 - 94 Townsend Lane, Tuebrook, LIVERPOOL, L6 0BB	A4Da1271	25 September 2017	source
Charnock Road, Liverpool, L9 7ET	A4Da1337	6 August 2018	source
Former Service Station, 209 Great Howard Street, Liverpool, L5	A4Da738	9 July 2007	source
Land at corner of Great Howard Street/Boundary Street, Liverpool, L5	A4Da708	13 December 2006	source
Land at Edge Lane Retail Park bounded by Montrose Way, Edge Lane and Railway Line, Liverpool	A4Da1166	1 November 2023	source
Land at the end of, Florida Court, Liverpool, L19 9EF	A4Da1209	7 December 2015	source
Land off Charnock Road, Liverpool, L9 7ET	A4Da1399	20 December 2019	source
Sugar Brook Service Station, East Lancashire Road, Liverpool, L11 2ST	A4Da1018	31 August 2012	source

Class L is Schedule 2, Part 3 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015; a small HMO (use class C4) has not more than six residents. A direction withdraws only the classes it names, so other changes of use may still be permitted development here — the source record shows what the council published.

Other Article 4 areas in force

1,312 records list the classes withdrawn without Class L; 87 records do not say which rights it withdraws. Codes such as 1A or 2C name the permitted development classes withdrawn (Part and Class of Schedule 2).

Show the first 150 of 1,399 by name

"The Wheel House", 10 Elmsley Road, Liverpool, L18 8AZ from 2 February 2012 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
'Breckside Court', off Breckside Park, Liverpool, L6 from 12 December 2005 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
'Newstead', Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 from 15 June 2000 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
'Newstead', Beaconsfield Road, Liverpool, L25 from 20 December 2001 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
'Oak Farm', Springwood Avenue, Liverpool, L25 from 17 June 2002 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F;9A;9B;9C;9D;9E;10A
'Oak Farm', Springwood Avenue, Liverpool, L25 from 30 May 2002 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F;9A;9B;9C;9D;9E;10A
'Old Kennel House', Deysbrook Lane, Liverpool, L12 from 29 July 2004 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
'Plot 3', Land to rear of 225 Hunts Cross Avenue, Liverpool, L25 from 26 September 2001 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
'Plot 4', Land to rear of 225 Hunts Cross Avenue, Liverpool, L25 from 26 September 2001 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
'Spekelands', Oakhill Park, Liverpool, L13 from 10 June 2004 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
'The Point' Development, Deysbrook Barracks site, Deysbrook Lane, Liverpool, L12 from 17 July 2006 · 2A
'The Point' Residential Development, Deysbrook Lane, Liverpool, L12 from 13 March 2008 · 2A
'The Point' Residential Development, Deysbrook Lane, Liverpool, L12 from 13 June 2007 · 2A
1 - 5 Dorset Road, Liverpool, L6 4DU from 25 November 2015 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
1 Belmont Drive, Liverpool , L6 7UW from 16 May 2017 · 3T
1 Breckside Park, L6 from 22 May 1978 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G
1 Buckingham Road, L13 8AY from 15 January 2019 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
1 Clarendon Road, L19 start not stated · rights not stated
1 Ingleholme Road, L19 start not stated · rights not stated
1 Langton Road, Liverpool, L15 2HS from 1 September 2017 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
1 Mayfields, Westminster Road, L4 from 19 July 1982 · 1A;1B;2A;2B
1 Mount Park, L25 from 8 December 1975 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
1 Mowbray Grove, Liverpool, L13 1DN from 3 August 2018 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
1 Park Vale Road, Liverpool, L9 2DG from 25 November 2013 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
1 Portal Way , Liverpool, L11 0JA from 25 May 2018 · 24A;8A
1 Portal Way , Liverpool, L11 0JA from 2 October 2017 · 24A;8A
1, 2 & 3 The Coach House, rear of 80 Darby Road, Liverpool, L19 from 11 July 2002 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
1-182 Stonedale Crescent, and land & open space bounded by Stonedale Crescent/Stonebridge Lane, Liverpool, L11 from 10 November 2005 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
1-9 Saville Road, L13 from 3 August 1993 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
1/21 Luton Grove L4 from 9 December 1977 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;2A;2B
1/3 Osborne Wood and 13 Fulwood Park L17 start not stated · rights not stated
1/8 Elmhouse Mews L25 start not stated · rights not stated
10 James Street, City Centre, Liverpool, L2 7PQ from 29 April 2025 · 1B;1C
10 Norwich House, 8 Water Street, Liverpool, L2 8TD from 14 November 2023 · 1B;1C
10 Wellington Fields, Liverpool, L15 0EL from 9 December 2009 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
10-14 Jamaica Street, Liverpool, L1 0AF from 9 June 2016 · 1B;1C
10-14 Jamaica Street, Liverpool, L1 0AF from 7 August 2014 · 1B;1C
10/10a Fulwood Park L17 from 1 February 1971 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
100a Sandstone Road, L13 from 20 February 1984 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G
105 St Marys Road, Liverpool, L19 from 3 May 2007 · 24A
105 St Marys Road, Liverpool, L19 from 28 June 2005 · 24A
105 St Marys Road, Liverpool, L19 2NL from 4 August 2006 · 24A
108 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DH from 21 September 2017 · 1B;1C;16A;16B;16C;16D;16E
11 DARLEY DRIVE, L12 from 18 October 1976 · 1A;1B
11 Davies Street, Liverpool, L1 6HB from 16 August 2019 · 1B;1C
11 Davies Street, Liverpool, L1 6HB from 17 September 2018 · 1B;1C
11 Muir Road , Liverpool, L9 7AR from 20 September 2018 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
112-134 Granby Street, Liverpool, L8 2UR from 17 January 2011 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
113 Elm Hall Drive, Liverpool, L18 from 24 May 2005 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
118a Carr Lane East, Liverpool, L11 2UF from 13 April 2023 · 1A
11a Bridge Road, Liverpool, L18 5EQ from 9 October 2017 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
11d Haymans Green L12 from 17 December 1979 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G
12 MANOR ROAD, L25 start not stated · rights not stated
12-12a Haymans Green, adjacent to Haymans Grove, L12 from 28 September 1977 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
122 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9PY from 8 December 2017 · 1B;1C
125 Quarry Street, Former Newborough School, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 from 20 September 2007 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
14 Byng Road, Liverpool, L4 8TW from 20 September 2021 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
14 Byng Road, Liverpool, L4 8TW from 4 July 2019 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
14-26 Benson Street, Liverpool, L1 from 13 December 2007 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;24A
14-26 Benson Street, Liverpool, L1 2ST from 12 January 2011 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;24A
14/16 Stalmine Road, L9 from 2 April 1990 · 1A;1B
146 Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, L8 from 14 October 2004 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
14B Pomona Street, Liverpool, L3 5TL from 21 April 2017 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
15 Eslington Street, L19 from 1 October 2002 · 2A;2C
15/23 Chapel Road Liverpool 19 start not stated · rights not stated
151a Green Lane, L13 from 14 June 1982 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
16 Blackwood Avenue and land adjoining Liverpool, L25 from 15 December 2006 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
16 Blackwood Avenue, Liverpool, L25 from 29 March 2005 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
16/22 Emlstead Close L25 start not stated · rights not stated
169 Grange Lane, Liverpool, L25 from 3 November 2006 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
17 - 19 Whitefield Avenue, Liverpool, L4 from 11 September 2002 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
17 Beechill Close, Liverpool 25 from 17 March 2009 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
18 Mersey Avenue L19 from 22 August 1988 · 1A;1C
18- 34 Cumberland Street, Liverpool, L1 6BU from 6 September 2019 · 1B;1C
18-24 Seel Street, Liverpool, L1 4AU from 22 October 2019 · 1B;1C
18-24 Seel Street, Liverpool, L1 4AU from 11 April 2018 · 1B;1C
18-24 Seel Street, Liverpool, L1 4AU from 2 April 2019 · 1B;1C
18-34 Fern Grove, Liverpool, L8 from 14 March 2007 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
19 - 33 Leece Street, Liverpool, L1 2TR from 22 January 2014 · 1B;1C;24A
19 Gipsy Lane, Liverpool, L18 from 14 September 2004 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;2A
19 Hathaway Road from 6 May 1974 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
19-23A Ringway Road, Liverpool, L25 from 23 March 2006 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
19-29 Lime Grove, Liverpool, L8 0SL from 8 January 2013 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
199 Allerton Road L18 start not stated · rights not stated
199 Thomas Lane, L14 from 16 March 1994 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;2A;2B
1A Horsfall Street, Liverpool, L8 6RU from 13 June 2013 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1G;1H
1A Winhill, Liverpool, L25 6JR from 25 September 2018 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
2 Ardmore Road, Liverpool, L18 from 7 August 2001 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E
2 Carnatic Road, L17 from 2 April 1979 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
2 Church Road, L25 from 2 February 1976 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G
2 Floral Wood start not stated · rights not stated
2 Lawrence Road, Liverpool, L15 0EG from 23 January 2017 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
2-24 Hatherley Street, Liverpool, L8 2TJ from 10 March 2010 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
2-3 VICTORIA AVENUE, L14 from 13 August 1979 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
2-4 Wordsworth Street, Liverpool, L8 from 7 December 2005 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
2-6A Dronfield Way, Liverpool, L25 from 23 March 2006 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
2/52 Finch Dene L14 start not stated · rights not stated
20 Barnhurst Close, Liverpool, L16 from 15 March 2002 · 2A
20 Druids Cross Road, Liverpool, L18 from 2 August 2006 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
20 Falkland Street, Liverpool, L3 from 16 January 2012 · 24A
20 Falkland Street, Liverpool, L3 from 5 November 2008 · 1B;1C;24A
20-22 Sturdee Road, Liverpool, L13 from 17 April 2002 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
21 Grange Weint, Liverpool, L25 from 2 June 2000 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
21 Grange Weint, Liverpool, L25 5PU from 25 January 2011 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
21-25 Williamson Square, Liverpool, L1 1EJ from 17 January 2011 · 1B;1C;24A
21-55 Quarry Street, L25 from 28 April 1975 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
21/25 Grant Road L14 from 10 August 1987 · 1A;1B;2A;2B
21F/3360 from 10 March 2022 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
22 Brendor Road, Liverpool, L25 from 11 October 2004 · 1B
22 Gipsy Lane, Liverpool, L18 3HL from 8 March 2012 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
231 Lowerhouse Lane, L11 start not stated · rights not stated
239 menlove Avenue, L18 from 18 February 1985 · 1A;1B;2A;2B
24/34 Sparrowhall Road, L9 from 23 October 1990 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G
249 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, L25 7SA from 11 October 2011 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
25 - 27 Breckside Park, Liverpool, L6 4DJ from 13 May 2016 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
25 Dalegarth Avenue, Liverpool, L12 0AJ from 6 July 2018 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
25 Ventnor Road, Liverpool, L15 4JF from 26 November 2012 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
25-29 Westcott Road, Liverpool, L4 from 18 August 2006 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E
26 Queens Drive L18 from 13 March 1978 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
26-28 North Road, Liverpool, L19 0LR from 18 August 2016 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
26-28 North Road, Liverpool, L19 0LR from 13 April 2017 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
268/272 Thomas Drive L14 from 14 September 1970 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
27 Carisbrooke Road, L4 start not stated · rights not stated
27 Cleveley Road , Liverpool , L18 9UW from 1 November 2011 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
28-28A Church Road North, Liverpool, L15 from 12 July 2004 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
28/28A Church Road North, Liverpool, L15 from 14 April 2004 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
28/30 Bonsall Road L12 from 23 January 1978 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G
29 Darby Road, Liverpool, L19 9BP from 8 December 2016 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H
299A Warbreck Moor, Liverpool, L9 0HX from 16 November 2011 · 2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
29a Clifton Road, Liverpool, L6 from 19 April 2007 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
3 & 5 Langton Road, Liverpool, L15 from 26 April 2005 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
3-4 Bold Place, L3 start not stated · rights not stated
30 - 36 Pall Mall, Liverpool, L3 6AL from 28 October 2009 · 1B;1C;17E;17F;17G;24A
30 Well Lane, Liverpool, L16 from 14 August 2003 · 1A
30-36 Pall Mall, Liverpool, L3 6AL from 23 January 2013 · 17E;17F;17G;24A
30-36 Pall Mall, Liverpool, L3 6AL from 27 July 2017 · 1B;1C
305-309 Smithdown Road and 1B Wellington Avenue, Liverpool, L15 0EB from 20 April 2011 · 24A
31 Beechwood Road, Liverpool, L19 from 14 March 2007 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
31-35A Peel Street, Liverpool, L8 from 20 October 2003 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B;2C;2D;2E;2F
32 Longfellow Street, Liverpool, L8 0QX from 18 January 2007 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
32-36 Mildenhall Road, Liverpool, L25 2SW from 6 April 2011 · 3D
33 Devon Street, Liverpool, L3 8HA from 10 December 2023 · 1B;1C;16A;16B;16C;16D;16E
33 Devon Street, Liverpool, L3 8HA from 3 August 2017 · 1B;1C;24A
33 Devon Street, Liverpool, L3 8HA from 2 March 2018 · 1B;1C;16A;16B;16C;16D;16E
33 Devon Street, Liverpool, L3 8HA from 22 April 2013 · 24A
33 Devon Street, Liverpool, L3 8HA from 5 October 2016 · 1B;1C;24A
33 Devon Street, Liverpool, L3 8HA from 18 March 2010 · 1B;1C;24A
330 Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 from 21 November 2007 · 24A
333-335 Walton Breck Road, Liverpool, L4 from 9 August 2007 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B
34 Ambleside Road, Liverpool, L18 from 22 January 2003 · 1A;1B;1C;1D;1E;1F;1G;1H;2A;2B

The full list for Liverpool City Council is in the national planning dataset.

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