Land To The East And West Of West Lane Formby L37 7AZ

DC/2025/01918Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions25 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 20 (Re-Profiling of Watercourse) and 21 (Drainage scheme implementation) pursuant to planning permission DC/2023/01277 approved 22.05.2025.

Submitted: 27 November 2025
Council: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Harington Ward

ReceivedSubmitted27 Nov
ValidatedValidated27 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Feb

Decided in 91 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land To The East And West Of West Lane Formby L37 7AZ. Sefton has handled 4,275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Harington Ward. We hold 813 applications in total for the L37 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: L37 7AZ
Parish: Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Neil Mackie

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Land at West Lane, Formby, West Lane, FormbyRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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.

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