Skip to content

29A Hulme Street Southport

DC/2025/01936Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of existing building at 29a Hulme Street from use class E to C3, creating 1 no self contained flat

Received
28 November 2025
Ward
Dukes Ward
Agent
Octo Architecture
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 139 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29A Hulme Street Southport. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 12 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Promenade conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes Ward. We hold 1,090 applications in total for the PR8 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
PR8 1PQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
12 January 2026
Consultation end
3 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Octo Architecture
Agent address
Quantum House 23 Roscoe Street Liverpool L1 2SX

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
31 December 2025
Site notice end
12 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near PR8

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report