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5 Northway Maghull L31 5AB

DC/2026/00396Prior notification commercial (56 days)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd + Refused1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Approval Application for the installation of solar PVs at the existing ALDI Foodstore

Received
5 March 2026
Ward
Molyneux Ward
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 5 Northway Maghull L31 5AB. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Molyneux Ward. We hold 361 applications in total for the L31 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. By reason of insufficient and conflicting information it cannot be confirmed that the proposal satisfies the limitations set out in Schedule 2 Part 14 Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L31 5AB
Application type
Prior notification commercial (56 days)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Maghull Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation end
12 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Avison Young
Agent address
6th Floor 1 City Square Leeds West Yorkshire LS1 2AL

Publicity

Site notice end
18 April 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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: SeftonPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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