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Melling Acres Giddygate Lane Melling L31 1AQ

DC/2017/02170Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 January 2018

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from residential care home (Class C2) to 3 no dwellings (Class C3) and construction of an additional vehicular access onto Giddygate Lane

Received
24 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Molyneux Ward
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Melling Acres Giddygate Lane Melling L31 1AQ. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Molyneux Ward. We hold 361 applications in total for the L31 postcode area.

95% of full 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

Postcode
L31 1AQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2017
Consultation expiry
8 January 2018
Consultation end
8 January 2018
Neighbour consultation start
8 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
WYG
Agent address
90 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 5BN

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06539507
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Sefton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Sefton

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