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Meols Cop Retail Park Foul Lane Southport

DC/2018/01775Full application - majorApproved
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Approved on 14 September 2020

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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Proposal

Erection of a new retail building (Class A1) to be used as a 'Foodstore', petrol filling station including 'kiosk' and public recycling facility; alterations to access via Meols Cop Road and Foul Lane; provision of new car parking and reconfiguration of existing car park; hard and soft landscaping and associated infrastructure works following the demolition of the existing buildings.

Received
1 October 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Norwood Ward
Agent
Savills (UK) Limited
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 714 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Meols Cop Retail Park Foul Lane Southport. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 714 days, 94 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Norwood Ward.

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

Application type
Full application - major
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2018
Consultation expiry
30 July 2020
Consultation end
30 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Savills (UK) Limited
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 December 2019
Site notice end
1 November 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07244731
Documents
76

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

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  6. 2022
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  7. 2021
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  8. 2018
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