LIVERPOOL council will submit a list of proposals to the Government at the end of this month calling for curbs on the sale of alcohol and restrictions on the number of takeaways.

The authority also wants the power to hold utility companies to account for disruptive road works and to be given time to build a business case for taking over the management of under-threat Post Offices.

City leaders also want law changes to allow it to take a cut of city business rates which currently go directly to central government.

The city’s executive board has agreed a range of recommendations which it hopes the Government will consent to.

The measures include amending licensing legislation to prevent alcohol licences being granted at any premises which sell petrol.

It also wants to be able to allow objections against planning applications for the likes of off-licences and takeaways on public health grounds to limit the sale of unhealthy goods.

Another key element is to give communities mandatory rights to leases on disused land or unoccupied buildings in the hands of private owners. It would allow communities to occupy land and buildings on a “peppercorn rent” for three years before being given the right to buy.