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1A Victoria Buildings Victoria Road Formby L37 7DB

DC/2026/00040Prior notification commercial (56 days)Withdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior notification for the conversion of ground floor commercial unit (Class E) into 1No. two bedroom self contained apartment (Class C3)

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harington Ward
Agent
O'Rourke-Designs
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 1A Victoria Buildings Victoria Road Formby L37 7DB. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 56 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Harington Ward. We hold 814 applications in total for the L37 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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Application details

Postcode
L37 7DB
Application type
Prior notification commercial (56 days)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
O'Rourke-Designs
Agent address
9 Swansea Close Garston Liverpool L19 2HF

Publicity

Site notice end
14 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

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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