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23 Longford Road Birkdale PR8 4JS

DC/2026/00266Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Certificate Issued - Existing Use

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use as a children's residential home (Class C2) for up to 2no. children

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
Birkdale Ward
Agent
NMW Design
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 Longford Road Birkdale PR8 4JS. Sefton has handled 135 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Birkdale Ward. We hold 1,090 applications in total for the PR8 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
PR8 4JS
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NMW Design
Agent address
16 Pilch Lane East Huyton Liverpool L36 4HZ

Publicity

Site notice end
26 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

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.

Source: Sefton

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