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78 Botanic Road Southport PR9 7NE

DC/2025/01620Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 November 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Replacement of existing timber-framed conservatory at the rear with a single-storey brick structure occupying the same footprint, alterations to the rear and internal alterations.

Received
10 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meols Ward
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a conservatory at 78 Botanic Road Southport PR9 7NE. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Churchtown conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Meols 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 7NE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025
Consultation expiry
17 November 2025
Consultation end
13 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
River House 17 Museum Street York YO1 7DJ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 November 2025
Site notice end
17 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Churchtown Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 57, Botanic RoadOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Oct

    Replacement of existing timber-framed conservatory at the rear with a single-storey brick structure occupying…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2025/01620
  2. 2025
    10 Oct

    Listed Building Consent for the replacement of existing timber-framed conservatory at the rear with a…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/2025/01621

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