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48 Lytham Road Southport PR9 9TY

DC/2026/00256Prior notification - household (42 days)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval submission for a proposed rear extension projecting 5.29 metres from the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse with a height of 2.60 metres at the eaves and a maximum height of 3.60 metres (Valid from 12.02.2026).

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meols Ward
Agent
David Machell Architecture Ltd.
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 48 Lytham Road Southport PR9 9TY. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Meols 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 9TY
Application type
Prior notification - household (42 days)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
David Machell Architecture Ltd.
Architect profile
DAVID MACHELL ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Hesketh Mount 96 Lord Street Southport PR8 1JR

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephen O'Reilly

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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. 2025
    11 Dec

    Construction of L-shaped dormer to the rear with associated roof works

    ApprovedApplicationDC/2025/01994

Source: Sefton

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