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DC/2026/01248 - Certificate of lawfulness (existing use) Registered
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the existing wooden standalone garden room. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 9 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 4 Dec 2026.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Documents 2

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 9 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

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Site constraints 8

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
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Special protection area 154 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: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 154 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
National infrastructure project: East Irish Sea Transmission Project, at pre-application; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Hightown (Sefton) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 5, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 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.

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Important details

Council
Sefton
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (existing use)
Postcode
L38 0BS
Received
around 9 Oct 2026
Validated
9 Oct 2026
Ward
Thornton And Hightown Ward
Parish
Hightown Parish Council
Target decision
4 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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DC/2025/00070
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Non-material amendment to planning permission DC/2024/01714 approved 06/11/2024 to allow…
DC/2025/00010
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Erection of single storey extension to the rear of the dwellinghouse, extension to the ex…
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2022 Approved
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2020 Approved
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DC/2020/00342
2019 Approved
3 Riverside Hightown Liverpool L38 0BU
Erection of a single storey extension to the rear of the dwellinghouse.
DC/2019/02061
2018 Approved
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DC/2018/01202
2017 Approved
11 Lower Alt Road Hightown Liverpool L38 0BA
Erection of a single storey extension to the side of dwellinghouse
DC/2017/01823
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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