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Sewage Disposal Works Marine Drive Southport PR9 9YL

DC/2025/01855Full application - majorApproved
Full

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to include the construction of Motor Control Centre (MCC) and Blower Building and associated Transformer Kiosk, Sludge Thickener Building, Washwater Pump Kiosk, Ultra Violet (UV)Building, UV MCC and Transformer Kiosks associated with the upgrade work at Southport WwTW

Received
26 November 2025
Ward
Meols Ward
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 141 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Sewage Disposal Works Marine Drive Southport PR9 9YL. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Meols 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 9YL
Application type
Full application - major
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arup
Agent address
3 Piccadilly Place Manchester M1 3BN

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
31 December 2025
Site notice end
7 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Oct

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission DC/2025/01855

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentDC/2026/01675
  2. 2025
    26 Nov

    Works to include the construction of Motor Control Centre (MCC) and Blower Building and associated…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2025/01855

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