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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council planning intelligence
Local Plan stage, adopted plan, plan period and published housing position for Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, read from the national planning data platform on 20/09/2026.
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Local Plan stage
Examination — near the end
Closed — only omission sites raised through hearings.
Five-year supply
Data currently unavailable
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Housing Delivery Test
135%
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Annual housing requirement
768homes pa
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Plan-making and delivery position
How favourable is this authority's position for promoting land right now?
- Local Plan progressExamination — near the end
An independent inspector is examining the plan. Hearing sessions, main modifications and a further consultation on modifications typically follow before adoption.
- Five-year housing land supplyData currently unavailable
No supply statement is published in our sources for this authority.
- Housing Delivery Test135% delivered
At or above 95% of the requirement delivered.
- Evidence coverage held91%
3 planning documents indexed for this authority.
What does this mean?
Read the plan stage first: allocation routes narrow considerably once a plan reaches examination.
Local Plan stage
Examination — near the end
An independent inspector is examining the plan. Hearing sessions, main modifications and a further consultation on modifications typically follow before adoption.
Submitting land: Closed — only omission sites raised through hearings.
Published position
- Local Plan stage
- Examination — near the end
- Adopted development plan
- Sefton Local Plan Adopted 2017
- Emerging Local Plan
- Our Future, Our Bootle - Bootle Area Action Plan
- Plan period
- 2015 to 2030
- Housing figure in the plan document
- 11,520 homes
- Annual housing requirement
- 768 homes a year
- Five-year housing land supply
- Data currently unavailable
- Housing Delivery Test
- 135%
- Plan documents held nationally
- 3
An independent inspector is examining the plan. Hearing sessions, main modifications and a further consultation on modifications typically follow before adoption.
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2017-04-20
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2017-04-20
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2026-02-09
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2026-08-17
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence)
Where a figure has not been published in our sources it is shown as data currently unavailable. It is never inferred or estimated.
Development pressure & opportunity outlook
A 0-100 index of how much pressure Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is under to release new land, built only from published evidence, followed by what that evidence means for promoting land here over the next 12-24 months.
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What this means for a landowner
The plan stage tells you whether allocation is still realistically available. Early stages — evidence gathering and Regulation 18 — are when sites are selected, so a Call for Sites submission has the greatest effect. Once a plan reaches Regulation 19 or examination, the practical routes narrow to soundness representations, the next plan review, or an application relying on the authority's land supply position.
The housing figures matter for the same reason. An authority that cannot demonstrate a five-year supply, or that falls below the Housing Delivery Test thresholds, applies the presumption in favour of sustainable development differently — which is what practitioners mean by the tilted balance.
Common questions
- What stage is the Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Local Plan at?
- Examination — near the end. An independent inspector is examining the plan. Hearing sessions, main modifications and a further consultation on modifications typically follow before adoption.
- Can I still submit land to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council?
- Closed — only omission sites raised through hearings.
- Can Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council demonstrate a five-year housing land supply?
- No five-year housing land supply figure is currently published in our sources for Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, so the position is reported as unavailable rather than assumed.
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This assessment is an automated planning intelligence report based on available public data. It does not constitute planning, legal, valuation or other professional advice and does not guarantee that planning permission will be granted.