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DC/2026/00222 - Full application - major Approved

Proposal

Erection of a mixed office, training and light industrial development with access, parking and landscaping and all associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Oct 2026, 08:18

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Application progress

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Received

13 May 2026

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Approved

23 Oct 2026

Approved on 23 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

Documents 33

Statements & assessments 16

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 26 May 2026 View ↗

PDF Contaminated land comments for dc/2025/01581 Correspondence · 1 May 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

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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Also on the record

National infrastructure project: East Irish Sea Transmission Project, at pre-application; Inside the Southport built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, 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 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.

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Important details

Council: Sefton
Application type: Full application - major
Received: 13 May 2026
Validated: 13 May 2026
Ward: Kew Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Aug 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Agent: Baltic PDC

How this decision compares

Decided in 163 days from validation, 108 days slower than Sefton's median of 55 for commercial premises. Approved, as 88% of commercial premises here are.

This one163d

Council55d

UK56d

58%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

101decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 29 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 12 Aug 2026
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