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14 Esplen Avenue Crosby L23 2SS

DC/2025/01818Householder applicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 15 January 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed loft conversion with dormer to the rear elevation and incorporating a hip to gable roof

Received
7 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Manor Ward
Agent
Whiteside Building Design Ltd
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 14 Esplen Avenue Crosby L23 2SS. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Manor Ward. We hold 341 applications in total for the L23 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
L23 2SS
Application type
Householder application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Consultation end
11 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whiteside Building Design Ltd
Architect profile
WHITESIDE BUILDING DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
47A Freshfield Road Formby Liverpool L37 3HL

Additional information

Documents
4

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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