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27 Scarisbrick Street Southport PR9 0TU

DC/2023/01726Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 15 January 2024

Council decision: Certificate Not IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the continuation of use as a 6 bed HMO

Received
9 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 27 Scarisbrick Street Southport PR9 0TU. Sefton has handled 135 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes Ward. We hold 1,055 applications in total for the PR9 postcode area.

82% of amendment 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
PR9 0TU
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2023
Consultation expiry
16 November 2023
Consultation end
16 November 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/2024/00447
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3339953
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 April 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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