Skip to content

Land At North Moss Farm North Moss Lane Formby

DC/2023/02024Full application - majorRefused
Full

Refused on 31 May 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Construction, operation, maintenance and future decommissioning of a ground mounted solar PV farm with associated infrastructure, fencing and landscaping.

Received
30 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ravenmeols Ward
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 183 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land At North Moss Farm North Moss Lane Formby. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Ravenmeols Ward.

95% of full applications at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Application type
Full application - major
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2023
Consultation expiry
24 March 2024
Consultation end
24 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
enzygo
Agent address
Ducie House Ducie Street Manchester M1 2JW

Planning decision

Case officer
Neil Mackie

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 December 2023
Site notice end
7 January 2024

Additional information

Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Sefton+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report