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53 Lord Sefton Way Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L37 5AB

2024/0691/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 November 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

A single storey extension to the rear of the building, adjoining the dwelling and existing outbuilding, with the addition of a open porch extension to the side.

Received
7 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural West Ward
Agent
Paul Neal Architects
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 53 Lord Sefton Way Great Altcar Liverpool Lancashire L37 5AB. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 8 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 816 applications in total for the L37 postcode area.

87% of full applications at West Lancashire 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 5AB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Altcar

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2024
Consultation expiry
19 November 2024
Consultation start
29 October 2024
Consultation end
19 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
8 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Neal Architects
Architect profile
PAUL NEAL ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Suite 309 third floor St James Street Liverpool L1 0AB

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13308328
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: West Lancashire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Lancashire

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