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7 Victoria Buildings Victoria Road Formby L37 7DB

DC/2023/01730Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: Certificate Issued - Proposed UseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of ground floor retail unit into 2 no. retail units, and creation of a parking area following alterations to the boundary fencing and gates

Received
16 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harington Ward
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 7 Victoria Buildings Victoria Road Formby L37 7DB. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Harington Ward. We hold 813 applications in total for the L37 postcode area.

82% of outline 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 7DB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
34 Stapleton Road Formby L37 2YN

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

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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