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Formby Swimming Pool Elbow Lane Formby L37 4AB

DC/2023/00547Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 February 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a steel external store containing 4 No. air source heat pumps

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ravenmeols Ward
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 260 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Formby Swimming Pool Elbow Lane Formby L37 4AB. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 29 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Ravenmeols Ward. We hold 813 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 4AB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
20 December 2023
Consultation end
20 December 2023

Publicity

Site notice end
17 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12051989
Documents
21

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.

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.

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Source: Sefton

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