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Land Adjacent To (on The Eastern Side) Foul Lane / New Foul Lane Southport

DC/2025/00711Full application - majorApproved
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Approved on 5 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee12 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of third party land to construct a continuous footway and cycleway along the eastern edge of Foul Lane.

Received
3 June 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Norwood Ward
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 247 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To (on The Eastern Side) Foul Lane / New Foul Lane Southport. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 247 days, 27 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Norwood Ward.

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

Application type
Full application - major
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2025
Consultation expiry
23 August 2025
Consultation end
23 August 2025

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 July 2025
Site notice end
3 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: SeftonPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Source: Sefton

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