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1 Cunscough Lane Melling L31 1AY

DC/2026/00503Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Certificate Issued - Proposed Use

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed use of the siting of a single-unit mobile home within the residential planning unit of 1 Cunscough Lane for ancillary use to main dwellinghouse

Received
20 March 2026
Ward
Molyneux Ward
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 1 Cunscough Lane Melling L31 1AY. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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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Application details

Postcode
L31 1AY
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
NAPC
Agent address
Suite 121 Watermoor Point Watermoor Road Cirencester GL7 1LF

Planning decision

Case officer
James Brockway

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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