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9B Aughton Road Birkdale PR8 2AF

DC/2024/01487Prior notification commercial (56 days)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 4 October 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval submission for the proposed conversion of 6 No. light industrial units (Class E) to 6 No. self contained studio flats (Class C3).

Received
12 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
Agent
Rostron Ltd
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 9B Aughton Road Birkdale PR8 2AF. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes 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 2AF
Application type
Prior notification commercial (56 days)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2024
Consultation expiry
13 September 2024
Consultation end
8 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rostron Ltd
Architect profile
ROSTRON LTD.
Agent address
1 Hartley Crescent Birkdale PR8 4SG

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 September 2024
Site notice end
13 September 2024

Appeal history

3355410
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 May 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birkdale Park Conservation AreaNext to the site
  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO98.2Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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

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