Land to the rear of Abbey Gardens, Southport Road, Lydiate

6008723·Sefton·23 Sept 2026dismissed·DC/2025/02052

Tier label used

Rural Service Centre

The tier sentence ¶13

“identified in the development plan as a Rural Service Centre rather than a town”

Summary

Permission in principle for up to four bungalows on open former farmland at the edge of Lydiate was refused on appeal. The key finding was that Lydiate and Maghull form a single large built-up area, so the site strongly contributes to Green Belt purpose (a) and is not grey belt. The scheme was inappropriate development, harmed openness, and its moderate benefits did not clearly outweigh the harm.

Why this is cited

Used only to distinguish a cited appeal in the grey-belt analysis. In the register this counts as a descriptive mention that played no part in the reasoning.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008723.txt

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