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LAND AT ROSEACRE WOOD, OFF ROSEACRE LANE, ROSEACRE, ELSWICK, NR KIRKHAM Please note that this is not an application for planning permission but is an application to request an opinion from the County Council as to the key areas (such as ecology, noise, traffic) that should be included in an Environmental Statement to accompany any future planning application on this site. There is no requirement to consult the public at this stage as full public consultation in accordance with statutory procedures will be undertaken if a planning application is subsequently submitted.

LCC/2014/0020OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 March 2014

Council decision: IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

SCOPING OPINION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A WELL PAD, DRILLING AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF FOUR EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES, TESTING PROCEDURES AND RESTORATION OF SITE

Received
4 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an outline application at LAND AT ROSEACRE WOOD, OFF ROSEACRE LANE, ROSEACRE, ELSWICK, NR KIRKHAM Please note that this is not an application for planning permission but is an application to request an opinion from the County Council as to the key areas (such as ecology, noise, traffic) that should be included in an Environmental Statement to accompany any future planning application on this site. There is no requirement to consult the public at this stage as full public consultation in accordance with statutory procedures will be undertaken if a planning application is subsequently submitted.. Lancashire has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 weeks quicker than Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

94% of all applications at Lancashire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 12 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
TREALES ROSEACRE & WHARLES

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
THE ARUP CAMPUS BLYTHE VALLEY PARK SOLIHULL B90 8AE

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Lancashire

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