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81 Freshfield Road Formby L37 7BG

DC/2025/01586Outline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Outline application for the erection of 1 No. dwellinghouse on land severed from 81 Freshfield Road (all matters reserved)

Received
2 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harington Ward
Agent
RAL Architects Limited
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 81 Freshfield Road Formby L37 7BG. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Harington Ward. We hold 816 applications in total for the L37 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
L37 7BG
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
RAL Architects Limited
Architect profile
RAL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
STUDIO 23 Princes Street SOUTHPORT PR8 1EG

Additional information

Documents
14

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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