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36 Bath Street Southport PR9 0DA

DC/2024/01337Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 September 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the continuation of use as 9no. flats

Received
22 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 36 Bath Street Southport PR9 0DA. Sefton has handled 135 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Promenade conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0DA
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2024
Consultation expiry
22 August 2024
Consultation end
22 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Space for Change
Architect profile
SPACE FOR CHANGE DESIGN LTD
Agent address
137 Martin Way Morden SM4 4AR

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Promenade Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Promenade
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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

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© 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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