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5 Park Avenue Southport PR9 9LS

DC/2025/01804Prior notification - household (42 days)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 15 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Prior approval submission for a proposed single storey extension projecting 6.07 metres from the wall of the original dwellinghouse with a height of 3 metres at the eaves and a maximum height of 3.05 metres (Valid 05.11.2025)

Received
5 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cambridge Ward
Agent
AW+A Architects Ltd
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 5 Park Avenue Southport PR9 9LS. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Cambridge Ward. We hold 1,054 applications in total for the PR9 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development does not comply with the conditions, limitations or restrictions to development permitted by Class A, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PR9 9LS
Application type
Prior notification - household (42 days)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
AW+A Architects Ltd
Agent address
Robinson's Barn West Lane Worston BB7 1QA

Additional information

Documents
13

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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