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St Georges United Reformed Church Lord Street Southport PR9 0NP

DC/2025/00926Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 September 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Modernisation of existing Church including internal and external alterations including the installation of Air Source Heat Pump units.

Received
17 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
Agent
Andrew Cunningham Building Design Ltd
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Georges United Reformed Church Lord Street Southport PR9 0NP. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Lord Street conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 0NP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2025
Consultation expiry
29 August 2025
Consultation end
14 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
23 July 2025
Site notice end
29 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Jun

    Modernisation of existing Church including internal and external alterations including the installation of…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2025/00926
  2. 2025
    17 Jun

    Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/2025/00927

Source: Sefton

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