Brook House Farm 247 Southport Road Scarisbrick.

2002/0742Change of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 7 November 2002

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedPlanning committee

Proposal

Conversion of barn to dwelling. Construction of new vehicular/pedestrian access.

Received: 18 June 2002
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: West Lancashire Borough Council
Ward: Scarisbrick

ReceivedReceived18 Jun
ValidatedValidated18 Jun
Consult.Consultation19 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Nov

Decided in 142 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Brook House Farm 247 Southport Road Scarisbrick.. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

69% of amendment applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 June 2002
Consultation expiry: 19 August 2002
Consultation start: 22 July 2002
Consultation end: 19 August 2002
Neighbour consultation start: 11 July 2002
Neighbour consultation end: 1 August 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 169 Appley Lane North Appley Bridge Wigan WN6 9DX

Additional information

Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: West Lancashire
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: West Lancashire

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

View all contractors

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your street Buying this property? Report on this address