Site Of Clarence House School West Lane Formby Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2026/01454 - Discharge of condition Registered

Proposal

Discharge of condition 19 (Remediation verification) attached to approved on 26/02/2026 Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 23 Oct 2026.

Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 6

Special area of conservation 162 m away: Sefton Coast
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 162 m away: Sefton Coast SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 6 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Formby built-up area; National infrastructure project 1209 m away: East Irish Sea Transmission Project, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Sefton - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Sefton
Application type
Discharge of condition
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Harington Ward
Parish
Formby Parish Council
Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Agent
White Peak Planning

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Sefton
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#84 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Sefton ranks #119 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Sefton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #66 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #59 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #119 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #141 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
87%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
76 decided
1,029
Total decisions
75 refused in the year to March 2026