Land Off Prescot Road Melling L31 1AN Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2026/01417 - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Change of use of land to a secure dog exercise field with associated fencing, gates and hard standing Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 06:32

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Application progress

✓

Received

around 9 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 4 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 3 Nov 2026 and 11 Nov 2026, from Sefton's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 18 Oct 2026

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Documents 4

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Design, access and planning justification statement Report · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Applicationformredacted Application Form · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Safe dog ownership Report · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

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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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

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Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

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

Also on the record

Flood defence 1 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 70 year flood); Priority habitat 4 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Maghull built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

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: L31 1AN
Received: around 9 Sept 2026
Validated: 9 Sept 2026
Ward: Aintree And Maghull South Ward
Parish: Melling Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 4 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: OS Rural Planning and Development

Decision outlook

Day 30 of the 56-day target. Sefton usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 3026 days to the 56-day target

54%decided within 8 weeks

77%approved

75decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Sefton in the last twelve months, from validation. Sefton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 18 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 4 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Jahan Prescot Road Melling Liverpool L31 1AN

Proposed division of the existing garage into 3 Units (B2).

DC/2020/02356 21 Jan 2021

2017 Refused

Hawthorne Cottage Prescot Road Melling Liverpool L31 1AN

Outline planning application for the erection of 1 dwellinghouse with all matters reserve…

DC/2017/01408 12 Sep 2017

Sefton

Planning Authority Score

6.4/10

Average

#84 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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