Multiuser 5 Building Royal Seaforth Dock Bootle

DC/2024/00166Prior notification commercial (56 days)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 March 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd + ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior notification application for the installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system panels

Received: 24 January 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Linacre Ward
Agent: Cogeo Planning and Environmental Services Ltd

ReceivedReceived24 Jan
ValidatedValidated24 Jan
Consult.Consultation24 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Multiuser 5 Building Royal Seaforth Dock Bootle. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Linacre Ward.

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

Application type: Prior notification commercial (56 days)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 January 2024
Consultation expiry: 1 March 2024
Consultation end: 24 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Cogeo Planning and Environmental Services Ltd
Agent address: 272 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4JR

Publicity

Site notice end: 1 March 2024

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Former Bootle Borough Hospital, Incl Mortuary Chapel, Nurses Home, Outpatients Dept, Boun…On or next to this site
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.

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Source: Sefton

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