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152 - 154 Lord Street Southport PR9 0QB

DC/2026/00242Prior notification commercial (56 days)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd + ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior notification for the conversion of the FF Office (Class E) to 1no. Self Contained Apartment (Class C3) with minor internal layout amendments to create separate access'

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dukes Ward
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 152 - 154 Lord Street Southport PR9 0QB. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Lord Street conservation area, with 9 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.

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
PR9 0QB
Application type
Prior notification commercial (56 days)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
28 March 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Woolrich Hunter
Agent address
2B The Boskins Church Road Tarleton PR4 6UP

Planning decision

Case officer
Neil Mackie

Publicity

Site notice end
28 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

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: 156, Lord StreetOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO229Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Lord Street, Southport
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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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