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138 Bispham Road Southport PR9 7BL

DC/2024/01483Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 26 September 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from a Gym (E(d)) to 24 hour convenience store (E(a)) with a first floor extension to the side and rear and dormer to front elevation (Part Retrospective).

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Norwood Ward
Agent
Paul Ennis & Company Limited
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 138 Bispham Road Southport PR9 7BL. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Norwood Ward. We hold 1,054 applications in total for the PR9 postcode area.

95% of full 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 7BL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2024
Consultation expiry
16 September 2024
Consultation end
16 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Ennis & Company Limited
Agent address
185 Liverpool Road Birkdale Southport PR8 4NZ

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/2024/00470
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3355087
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 March 2025Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Refusal

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

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© 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.

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Source: Sefton

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