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438 Liverpool Road Birkdale PR8 3BA

DC/2025/02072Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 June 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions6 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of residential dwelling (C3) to a residential institution childrens care home (C2) for up to two young people (Aged 8-18 inclusive) with 24 hour care provided by no more than three non-resident carers working in shifts

Received
23 December 2025
Ward
Ainsdale Ward
Agent
Anyon Architectural & Planning Ltd
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 438 Liverpool Road Birkdale PR8 3BA. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Ainsdale 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 3BA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Anyon Architectural & Planning Ltd
Architect profile
ANYON ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address
Laburnum House Bartle Lane Lower Bartle Preston PR4 0RU

Publicity

Site notice end
14 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

© 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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