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41 Liverpool Road Birkdale PR8 4AG

DC/2026/00944Full ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single-storey rear extension to the existing ground floor Post Office (commercial unit) to provide additional operational space, first-floor side extension to the existing residential flat, installation of an external staircase to provide separate access to the first-floor flat, and a new pedestrian and vehicular access at the rear

Received
3 June 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Birkdale Ward
Agent
Michael Healy Limited
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 41 Liverpool Road Birkdale PR8 4AG. Sefton has handled 1,804 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Birkdale Village conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Birkdale Ward. We hold 1,096 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 4AG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Michael Healy Limited
Architect profile
MICHAEL HEALY LIMITED
Agent address
39 Beatty Road Southport Merseyside PR8 6LB

Planning decision

Case officer
Neil Mackie

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birkdale Village Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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