Land Rear Of Sefton Lane Industrial Estate Sefton Lane Maghull Data via plota.co.uk

DC/2024/02055 - Full application - major Registered

Proposal

Temporary use of land for the sorting, screening, crushing where necessary, storage and removal of existing deposited soil, rubble and waste material from the site, together with associated plant, machinery, access arrangements, environmental mitigation and ancillary works, to facilitate the clearance and remediation of the land, including final landscape profiles (amended description and information) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 3 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 2 Oct 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 2 Sept 2026; it is now day 482.

The consultation period closed on 2 Sept 2026.

Documents 49

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Also on the record
Flood defence 23 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 50 year flood); Inside the Maghull built-up area; Green belt 25 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Open access land 24 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 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 - major
Received
around 3 Jul 2025
Validated
3 Jul 2025
Ward
Park Ward
Parish
Maghull Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Oct 2025
Applicant
Show
Agent
Pegasus Group

Decision outlook

Day 482, past the statutory target. 73% of full applications in Sefton are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

Day 482426 days past the 56-day target
50%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
7%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Sefton
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#84 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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