15 Merton Road Bootle L20 3BG

DC/2023/01409Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 October 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Advertisement consent for the display of 1 no. non-illuminated totem sign to the front of the building

Received: 18 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Derby Ward

ReceivedReceived18 Aug
ValidatedValidated18 Aug
Consult.Consultation22 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Oct

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 15 Merton Road Bootle L20 3BG. Sefton has handled 77 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Derby Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Derby Ward. We hold 177 applications in total for the L20 postcode area.

88% of advertising 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: L20 3BG
Application type: Advertisement Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 August 2023
Consultation expiry: 15 October 2023
Consultation end: 22 September 2023

Publicity

Site notice end: 15 October 2023

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Derby Park Conservation Area
Article 4 direction: Bootle and Waterloo HMO
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Source: Sefton

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