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Laurel's Wood Southport Old Road Formby

DC/2026/00687Prior notification - agriculture(28 day)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval application for the erection of 1no. timber store at Laurel's Wood.

Received
21 April 2026
Ward
Harington Ward
Agent
NWS Planning
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Laurel's Wood Southport Old Road Formby. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Harington Ward.

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

Application type
Prior notification - agriculture(28 day)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
NWS Planning
Agent address
3rd Floor 45 Albemarle Street Mayfair LONDON W1S 4JL

Planning decision

Case officer
Louise Everard

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: Sefton
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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