Queenscourt Hospice Town Lane Kew Southport PR8 6RE
Approved on 21 May 2026
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions
Proposal
New 11kV substation and associated fencing and access gate.
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Kew Ward
- Agent
- Gillespies LLP
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation4 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Queenscourt Hospice Town Lane Kew Southport PR8 6RE. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 13 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Kew 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- PR8 6RE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gillespies LLP
- Agent address
- Westgate House 44 Hale Road Hale WA14 2EX
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 5 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20194 Feb
Approval of details reserved by conditions 5, 6 and 12 attached to planning permission DC/2018/00838
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/2019/00236 - 20185 Jun
Layout of a new car parking area, an extension to the existing car parking area to the front and erection of…
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/2018/00838
Source: Sefton
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