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Dunes Esplanade Southport PR8 1RX

DC/2025/01654Prior notification commercial (56 days)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd + ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior notification for the installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system panels to the roof of Dunes.

Received
15 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Dunes Esplanade Southport PR8 1RX. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes Ward. We hold 1,090 applications in total for the PR8 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
PR8 1RX
Application type
Prior notification commercial (56 days)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2025
Consultation expiry
21 November 2025
Consultation end
17 November 2025

Publicity

Site notice end
21 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
7

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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