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28-30 Heathfield Road And 58, 60, 62 Ranelagh Drive Birkdale Southport PR8 3EP

DC/2024/01420Prior notification commercial (56 days)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 October 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval submission for the proposed conversion from retail (Class E) to 6 No. self-contained flats (Class C3)

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ainsdale Ward
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 28-30 Heathfield Road And 58, 60, 62 Ranelagh Drive Birkdale Southport PR8 3EP. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ainsdale Ward. We hold 1,090 applications in total for the PR8 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
PR8 3EP
Application type
Prior notification commercial (56 days)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2024
Consultation expiry
1 October 2024
Consultation end
1 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD
Agent address
55a Bury Old Road Prestwich M25 0FG

Publicity

Site notice end
15 September 2024

Additional information

Documents
11

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

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 Mar

    Variation of condition 2 pursuant to planning permission DC/2024/01420

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/2026/00486
  2. 2025
    29 Sep

    Removal of condition 2 (Highway works) pursuant to planning permission DC/2024/01420

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)DC/2025/01552
  3. 2024
    9 Aug

    Prior approval submission for the proposed conversion from retail (Class E) to 6 No. self-contained flats…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineDC/2024/01420

Source: Sefton

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