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107 Benedict Street Bootle L20 2EL

DC/2026/00106Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Certificate Issued - Existing UseDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of 107 Benedict Street as a C4 Use Class HMO

Received
21 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Derby Ward
Agent
Pegasus Group
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 107 Benedict Street Bootle L20 2EL. Sefton has handled 135 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Derby Ward. We hold 179 applications in total for the L20 postcode area.

82% of amendment 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
L20 2EL
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Pegasus Group
Agent address
4 St Pauls Square Liverpool L3 9SJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Michael Coburn

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Bootle and Waterloo HMO
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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