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29 Kirklees Road Birkdale PR8 4RB

DC/2026/00345Prior notification - household (42 days)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval submission for a proposed rear extension projecting 4.38 metres from the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse with a height of 2.77 metres at the eaves and a maximum height of 3.98 metres, after demolition of existing garage (Valid from 25.2.2026)

Received
25 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Birkdale Ward
Agent
BHL Technical Design consultant
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 29 Kirklees Road Birkdale PR8 4RB. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal development does not comply with the conditions, limitations or restrictions to development permitted by Class A, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended)

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PR8 4RB
Application type
Prior notification - household (42 days)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
BHL Technical Design consultant
Agent address
14 Cobden Road Southport PR9 7TJ

Additional information

Documents
7

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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