Former Haulage Yard, Simonswood Industrial Park, Stopgate Lane, Simonswood

LCC/2023/0022AmendmentRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 20 October 2023

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Retrospective Application for the change of use of land to site for processing and recycling of inert waste.

Received: 11 July 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Lancashire County Council
Ward: WEST LANCASHIRE EAST

ReceivedReceived11 Jul
ValidatedValidated24 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Oct

Decided in 88 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Haulage Yard, Simonswood Industrial Park, Stopgate Lane, Simonswood. Lancashire has handled 35 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 2 weeks longer 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: Amendment
Scale / size: Small
Parish: SIMONSWOOD
District: West Lancashire Borough Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 July 2023
Committee meeting: 18 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 14 DERBY GROVE MAGHULL MERSEYSIDE LIVERPOOL MERSEYSIDE L31 5JJ

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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Source: Lancashire

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