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Lyndhurst 8 Prescot Road Melling

DC/2026/00996Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 July 2026

Council decision: Certificate Issued - Proposed Use

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed change of use from residential dwelling (Class C3) to a residential children home (Class C2) for 1 no child aged between 8 and 18 years.

Received
12 June 2026
Ward
Aintree And Maghull South Ward
Agent
MM ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Lyndhurst 8 Prescot Road Melling. Sefton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sefton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Aintree And Maghull South 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
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Parish
Melling Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
MM ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Architect profile
MM ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Agent address
57 BAYSWATER ROAD WALLASEY VILLAGE CH45 8NF GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Catherine Lewis

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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