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Hoghton Chambers Hoghton Street Southport PR9 0TB

DC/2024/01915Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing building and annex from Offices (Class E) to Dwellinghouse (Class C3), minor internal alterations & repair/replacement of external brickwork

Received
25 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
Agent
Andrew Cunningham Building Design
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hoghton Chambers Hoghton Street Southport PR9 0TB. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes 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 0TB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2024
Consultation expiry
31 December 2024
Consultation end
31 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Andrew Cunningham Building Design
Architect profile
ANDREW CUNNINGHAM BUILDING DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
28 Union Street Southport PR9 0QE

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 November 2024
Site notice end
1 December 2024

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Hoghton ChambersOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    25 Oct

    Change of use of existing building and annex from Offices (Class E) to Dwellinghouse (Class C3), minor…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2024/01915
  2. 2024
    25 Oct

    Listed Building Consent for the change of use of existing building and annex from Offices (Class E) to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/2024/01916

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