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5 - 7 Market Street Southport PR8 1HD

DC/2026/00397Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 June 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions6 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of upper floors from (Class E) to Sui Generis HMO (8 bedrooms, 11 occupants) with retention of ground floor (Class E) use and associated internal and external alterations.

Received
24 March 2026
Ward
Dukes Ward
Agent
Ventra Projects Ltd
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 - 7 Market Street Southport PR8 1HD. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Sefton's typical decision time. The site is in the Lord Street conservation area, with 2 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 1,090 applications in total for the PR8 postcode area.

95% of full 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 1HD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
28 May 2026
Consultation end
28 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ventra Projects Ltd
Agent address
First Floor, Swan Buildings 20 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JW

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 April 2026
Site notice end
8 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lord Street Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Southport HMO
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Lord Street, Southport
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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