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Our Ladys Convent School Lane Formby L37 3LW

DC/2025/01946Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of an up 2m reclaimed brick wall with native mix hedgerow

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ravenmeols Ward
Agent
PKL Chartered Building Consultancy
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Our Ladys Convent School Lane Formby L37 3LW. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 13 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Ravenmeols Ward. We hold 814 applications in total for the L37 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
L37 3LW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation end
5 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
PKL Chartered Building Consultancy
Agent address
Lorn House 4 Lorn Street Birkenhead Merseyside CH41 6AR

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 January 2025
Site notice end
16 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Convent of Our LadyOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO214Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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. 2025
    1 Dec

    Erection of an up 2m reclaimed brick wall with native mix hedgerow

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/2025/01946
  2. 2025
    1 Dec

    Listed Building Consent for the erection of a 2m high close board timber fence with associated landscaping.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/2025/01947

Source: Sefton

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