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128A Linacre Road Litherland L21 8JT

DC/2025/01869Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 June 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (5 Units - 6 Persons) including erection of a dormer extension to the rear and alterations to the side.

Received
30 January 2026
Ward
Litherland Ward
Agent
bMAC STUDIO Architecture
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 128A Linacre Road Litherland L21 8JT. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Litherland Ward. We hold 106 applications in total for the L21 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would, by reason of its access arrangements, fail to provide safe and easy movement into, out of, and within the site for all users. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy EQ2 (Design), in particular criterion (a), and Policy EQ3 (Accessibility) of the Sefton Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L21 8JT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 June 2026
Consultation end
3 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
bMAC STUDIO Architecture
Agent address
Suite M5 Old Library St Faiths Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1LH United Kingdom

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Bootle and Waterloo HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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