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23 Barkfield Lane Formby L37 1LY

DC/2025/01236Householder applicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 29 September 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed single storey front extension and garage conversion, proposed single storey and two storey rear extension and the rendering of the existing property on all elevations.

Received
31 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harington Ward
Agent
John Kelshaw Architects Limited
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 23 Barkfield Lane Formby L37 1LY. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Harington Ward. We hold 813 applications in total for the L37 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
L37 1LY
Application type
Householder application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Kelshaw Architects Limited
Architect profile
JOHN KELSHAW ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
6 South Hey Road Irby Wirral CH61 2XB

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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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