Thorn Hey Southport Old Road Formby L37 0AW

DC/2026/00414Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Certificate Issued - Proposed UseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of proposed granny annexe for incidental to main dwelling.

Received: 9 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Ravenmeols Ward
Agent: Southern Planning Practice Ltd

ReceivedReceived9 Mar
ValidatedValidated9 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided24 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at Thorn Hey Southport Old Road Formby L37 0AW. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Ravenmeols Ward. We hold 814 applications in total for the L37 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: L37 0AW
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Southern Planning Practice Ltd
Architect profile: SOUTHERN PLANNING PRACTICE LTD
Agent address: Young's Yard, Churchfields Twyford Winchester Hampshire SO21 1NN United Kingdom

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: Sefton
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Sefton

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