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577 Lord Street Southport PR9 0BB

DC/2025/01467Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of the vacant ground floor premises from retail (Class E) to Adult Gaming Centre (sui generis)

Received
1 December 2025
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 213 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 577 Lord Street Southport PR9 0BB. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 213 days, 22 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Lord Street conservation area, with 8 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 0BB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
12 January 2026
Consultation end
1 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
BETRA
Agent address
68 Stoke Newington High Street London N16 7PA

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 December 2025
Site notice end
12 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

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.

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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