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487, 489 & 495 Lord Street Southport PR9 0AY

DC/2025/00920Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from commercial (class E) to part residential dwelling unit and part commercial and the erection of a part single part two storey in-fill extension to the rear and alterations to all of the elevations.

Received
27 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
Agent
Andrew Cunningham Building Design Ltd
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 193 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 487, 489 & 495 Lord Street Southport PR9 0AY. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 193 days, 20 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Lord Street conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0AY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2025
Consultation expiry
28 September 2025
Consultation end
29 August 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 September 2025
Site notice end
28 September 2025

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lord Street Conservation AreaPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: 479 and 481, Lord StreetOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Lord Street, SouthportPart of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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