Royal Birkdale Golf Club Waterloo Road Birkdale PR8 2LX Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2026/00971 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

The periodic uncovering, re-covering, and re-profiling of access roads for infrastructure relating to the Open Championship. (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

8 Jun 2026

✓

Approved

28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Ramsar wetland 10 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.

SSSI 10 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the Southport built-up area; Priority habitat 17 m away: Coastal sand dunes.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

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Important details

Council: Sefton
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: PR8 2LX
Received: 8 Jun 2026
Validated: 8 Jun 2026
Ward: Dukes Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Aug 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 28 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: DLP PLanning Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 112 days from validation, 56 days slower than Sefton's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

This one112d

Council56d

UK56d

50%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

167decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Sefton in the last twelve months, from validation. Sefton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

Royal Birkdale Golf Club Waterloo Road Birkdale Southport PR8 2LX

Construction of a golf buggy store and automated trolley dispenser to the north and west…

DC/2017/00026 8 Mar 2017

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