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Former Pig Farm To The Rear Of Abbey Gardens Southport Road Lydiate L31 4EQ

DC/2025/02052Permission In PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 February 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 4No. bungalows

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park Ward
Agent
PWA Planning
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Former Pig Farm To The Rear Of Abbey Gardens Southport Road Lydiate L31 4EQ. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Park Ward. We hold 360 applications in total for the L31 postcode area.

82% of outline 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 proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the proposed development of up to four dwellings would result in urban sprawl and encroach into the countryside, which would cause a harmful impact on the openness of the Green Belt. There are no very special circumstances, which outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by inappropriateness and the actual harm to the openness of the Green Belt. The proposal is therefore contrary to paragraphs 142, 143 and 153 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Sefton Local Plan Policy MN7 'Green Belt'.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L31 4EQ
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lydiate Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 February 2026
Consultation end
12 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
PWA Planning
Agent address
2 And 3 Lockside Office Park Preston PR2 2YS

Publicity

Site notice end
16 February 2026

Appeal history

6008723
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 September 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Sefton
  • 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, 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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