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4 Russell Row Gladstone Road Seaforth L21 1DE

DC/2025/02051Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Certificate Not Issued

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage into a habitable space

Submitted
12 January 2026
Ward
Church Ward
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 4 Russell Row Gladstone Road Seaforth L21 1DE. Sefton has handled 4,275 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Church Ward. We hold 106 applications in total for the L21 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
L21 1DE
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
James Brockway

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Mar

    Garage conversion to playroom

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/2026/00516

Source: Sefton

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