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Hideaway Cottage 2D Freshfield Road Formby L37 3JB

DC/2026/00759Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 June 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, after demolition of existing single storey porch.

Received
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ravenmeols Ward
Agent
Adrian Design
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Hideaway Cottage 2D Freshfield Road Formby L37 3JB. 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 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).

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Application details

Postcode
L37 3JB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Formby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Adrian Design
Agent address
5 Battle Way Formby Liverpool Liverpool L37 4HH United Kingdom

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO149Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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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