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Caravan Site Adj Merewood Fish Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RL

2008/0904/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 17 November 2008

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of brick walls and pillars to existing vehicular access.

Received
2 September 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Scarisbrick
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Caravan Site Adj Merewood Fish Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RL. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 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. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

87% of full applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
L40 0RL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2008
Consultation expiry
29 September 2008
Consultation start
8 September 2008
Consultation end
29 September 2008
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2008
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2008
Committee meeting
13 November 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Stanley House Lowergate Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1AD

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Withdrawn

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00539860
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Lancashire

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