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4 Litherland Road Bootle L20 3BZ

DC/2023/01601Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 November 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of new shop frontage and the provision of a new accessible ramp to the front

Received
15 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Derby Ward
Agent
MAT DESIGN LIMITED
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Nov

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4 Litherland Road Bootle L20 3BZ. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Derby Park conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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
L20 3BZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2023
Consultation expiry
15 October 2023
Consultation end
13 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
MAT DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
17 Brookside Avenue Eccleston St.Helens WA10 4RN

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 October 2023
Site notice end
15 October 2023

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

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.

Source: Sefton

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