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41 Chapel Lane Formby Liverpool L37 4DT

DC/2022/00443Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 May 2022

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from vacant bank (Class E(c)(i)) to a coffee shop/wine bar (Sui Generis).

Received
29 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harington Ward
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 41 Chapel Lane Formby Liverpool L37 4DT. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Harington Ward. We hold 814 applications in total for the L37 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
L37 4DT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2022
Consultation expiry
8 May 2022
Consultation end
8 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
6 April 2022

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 April 2022
Site notice end
7 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11096940
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    20 Sep

    Change of use from vacant bank (Class E(c)(i)) to a coffee shop/wine bar (Sui Generis) (resubmission of…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationRelatedDC/2022/01844
  2. 2022
    29 Mar

    Change of use from vacant bank (Class E(c)(i)) to a coffee shop/wine bar (Sui Generis).

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2022/00443

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