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1 Sandy Lane Lydiate L31 4DL
Non material amendment to planning permission DC/2025/00442 approved 28/08/2025 for minor external alterations to the garage doors, the repositioning of the Bedroom 6 dormer, the addition of a new off
Land At Northway Maghull Sefton
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion for a residential development with associated access, landscaping, public open space, sustainable urban drainage, ecology enhancement, car parki
39 Lime Street Southport PR8 6BZ
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed construction of a dormer extension
10 Winchester Avenue Waterloo L22 2AT
Proposed single storey wrap around extension to side and rear and proposed rear dormer with some minor internal works.
8 Grange Lane Formby L37 7BR
Proposed single storey extension to the side and rear, replacement roof to rear swimming pool building with natural slate and solar panels, and new detached garden room to the rear garden to replace e
20 Compton Road Birkdale PR8 4HA
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed loft conversion with new dormer window to rear elevation.
Marshside Road Methodist Church 1C Marshside Road Southport PR9 9TL
Prior notification procdure for the demolition of Southport Cornerstone Methodist Church and associated buildings.
98 The Serpentine North Blundellsands L23 6TJ
Porch extension to the front, single storey extension to the rear, partial garage conversion to form a study, internal alterations, amendments to fenestration including a glazed balustrade to the balc
2 Kingston Crescent Southport PR9 9YJ
Erection of a porch extension and external alterations to the front elevation and new driveway with paved landscaping and dropped kerb.
25 Alwyn Avenue Litherland L21 9NY
Dormer extension to the rear and alterations to roof from hip to gable.
5 Glebe End Sefton L29 6YB
Erection of a two storey porch extension to front, full re-roof and rear facing balcony, single storey rear extension, new first floor front and side extension over existing garage / living room follo
Land South Of 119 Rock Lane Melling
Material change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site comprising 5 Gypsy/Traveller pitches, each containing a single static caravan/mobile home, together with erection of communal dayroo
72 Seafield Avenue Crosby L23 0TQ
Single storey rear extension.
Blue Anchor Tithebarn Road Southport PR8 6AB
Advertisement consent for the display of various illuminated and non-illuminated signs.
12 Regent Road Birkdale PR8 2EB
Demolition of existing dwelling and detached garage and erection of a three-storey detached dwelling, formation of an additional vehicular access, and associated amenity and landscaping works.
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When Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, raw rate
34.5%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
29.2%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
5.3 percentage points above expected. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
407 appeals counted, 388 judged either way (134 allowed, 254 dismissed), 19 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 213 | 209 | 80 | 38.3% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 93 | 92 | 23 | 25% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 51 | 45 | 13 | 28.9% | 13.5% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 19 | 19 | 10 | 52.6% | 33.3% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 16 | 16 | 7 | 43.8% | 36.9% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 5 | 4 | 0 | Too few judged | 20.6% |
| High Hedges | 4 | 0 | 0 | None judged | 28.5% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 2 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 8.1% |
| Called In Planning Application | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 72.4% |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 27.6% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | 25% |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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