Plans have been submitted to demolish an historic former church in Maghull.
Maghull Methodist Church on Liverpool Road held its final service in September 2021. Methodist services had operated from the site as far back as 1778.
The first methodist church was built at Liverpool Road in 1896, with the current building having been constructed in 1965. An extension was constructed in 1995, adding side buildings to the original structure.
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A decision was taken to close the church in June 2021 after a “decline” in numbers attending regular services, which made the ongoing running of the church “impossible” according to a statement posted on its website.
The site could soon get a new lease of life, however, according to documents submitted to Sefton Council.
Requesting permission to demolish the current church building, the applicant Central England Cooperative, has stated the proposed demolition is in order to prepare the site for later redevelopment.
No planning application has yet been submitted for future development of the site however.
If approval is given by Sefton Council demolition work is proposed to start from March 27 and would involve a mixture of mechanical and manual deconstruction methods.
Work could then be concluded on dismantling the buildings by April 28, according to a site notice attached to the plans.
Officers at Sefton Council will now decide whether to allow the prior approval application, which could remove the final traces of nearly 250 years of methodist activity at the site.
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