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519 Lord Street Southport PR9 0BB

DC/2025/01630Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 December 2025

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of 1no. flat from residential to commercial (Class E(b))

Received
30 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 519 Lord Street Southport PR9 0BB. Sefton has handled 1,804 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 Lord Street conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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
30 October 2025
Consultation expiry
13 December 2025
Consultation end
1 December 2025

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 December 2025
Site notice end
13 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
7

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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