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1 Cropton Road Formby L37 4AD

DC/2025/01741Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of first floor flat (C3) into office (E(e)) accommodation to service the doctors surgery at ground floor level.

Received
30 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ravenmeols Ward
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Cropton Road Formby L37 4AD. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Ravenmeols Ward. We hold 814 applications in total for the L37 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
L37 4AD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2025
Consultation expiry
25 December 2025
Consultation end
25 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
94 Eastbourne Road Southport PR8 4DU

Publicity

Site notice end
12 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

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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