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Former Electricity Cooling Ponds Cobden Road Southport

DC/2015/01823Variation of conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 December 2015

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 following a grant of planning permission referenced DC/2015/00358 granted 28 Aug 2015 - increase the length of part of the building by 3 metres

Received
4 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Norwood Ward
Agent
Emery Steel Contracts Ltd
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Former Electricity Cooling Ponds Cobden Road Southport. Sefton has handled 476 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Norwood Ward.

94% of conditions applications at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Variation of condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2015
Consultation expiry
25 November 2015
Consultation end
25 November 2015
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Emery Steel Contracts Ltd
Agent address
Unit 19, Spectrum 7 Novus Seaham Spectrum Business Park Seaham Durham SR7 7TI

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    1 Feb

    Approval of details reserved by condition numbers 4a, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 14a attached to planning application…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/2016/00147
  2. 2015
    4 Nov

    Variation of Condition 2 following a grant of planning permission referenced DC/2015/00358

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/2015/01823

Source: Sefton

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