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Aintree Racecourse Ormskirk Road Aintree L9 5AS

DC/2026/00069Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single storey extension to the rear of the existing Weighing Room building at Aintree Racecourse

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Molyneux Ward
Agent
Sutton Cox Architects
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Aintree Racecourse Ormskirk Road Aintree L9 5AS. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Molyneux Ward. We hold 175 applications in total for the L9 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
L9 5AS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aintree Village Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation end
22 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sutton Cox Architects
Architect profile
SUTTON COX ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
114 Bath Road Cheltenham GL53 7JX

Publicity

Site notice end
27 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Aug

    Erection of a single storey building to create a toilet block.

    PendingApplicationDC/2026/01414

Source: Sefton

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