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Apartment 17 The Posting House Post Office Avenue Southport PR9 0UH

DC/2026/00230Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

replace 3 windows for like for like but slim double glazed

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Apartment 17 The Posting House Post Office Avenue Southport PR9 0UH. Sefton has handled 84 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Lord Street conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Dukes Ward. We hold 1,054 applications in total for the PR9 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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
PR9 0UH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
10 April 2026
Consultation end
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Neil Mackie

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lord Street Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Head Post OfficeOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Lord Street, Southport
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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