Plans to create flats from a former gym above a Marks and Spencer food hall in Sefton have been refused due to a lack of outdoor space.
The proposals involved converting the first floor of a building at Cloisters shopping parade in Formby into six two-bedroomed and two one-bedroomed flats.
The building has been vacant since a members only gym occupying the site closed down around the time of the national lockdown, according to planning documents submitted to Sefton Council.
