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Swallow House Farm Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RF

2011/0967/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 10 November 2011

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The demolition of the existing barn and stables and the erection of replacement buildings with a linked roof and extension of hardstanding.

Received
2 September 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough West
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Swallow House Farm Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RF. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 0RF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2011
Consultation expiry
13 October 2011
Consultation start
22 September 2011
Consultation end
13 October 2011
Neighbour consultation start
21 September 2011
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The White House Moss Lane Wrightington Wigan Lancashire WN6 9PB

Additional information

Documents
5

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.

© 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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