44 Bath Street Southport PR9 0DH
Approved on 23 October 2025
Council decision: Certificate Issued - Proposed UseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for use of the premises as a guesthouse (C1).
- Received
- 5 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Dukes Ward
- Agent
- Rod Ainsworth Architect
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at 44 Bath Street Southport PR9 0DH. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Promenade conservation area, with 3 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 1,055 applications in total for the PR9 postcode area.
82% of outline 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 0DH
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rod Ainsworth Architect
- Agent address
- 27 Upper Aughton Road Birkdale Southport Merseyside PR8 5NA United Kingdom
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 15 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 21 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Promenade Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Sefton
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