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The Wildfowl And Wetlands Trust Martin Mere Fish Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0TA

2015/0679/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 August 2015

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of silt from a water body within the Waterfowl Gardens for maintenance purposes, and use of the silt removed to infill another adjacent water body.

Received
1 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Scarisbrick
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Wildfowl And Wetlands Trust Martin Mere Fish Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0TA. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 12 other applications 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 0TA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2015
Consultation expiry
19 August 2015
Consultation start
29 July 2015
Consultation end
19 August 2015
Neighbour consultation start
10 July 2015
Neighbour consultation end
31 July 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Agent address
Slimbridge Wetland Centre Slimbridge Gloucestershire GL2 7BT

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04280298
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: West Lancashire

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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    18 May

    Thatched timber viking longhouse and removal of 13 trees

    RefusedFull Planning Application2022/0580/FUL
  2. 2021
    29 Sep

    Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required for the proposed…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2021/1161/PNR
  3. 2017
    4 Dec

    Removal of the existing tensile geodesic dome and construction of a new teaching structure, a new bespoke…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2017/1275/FUL
  4. 2015
    23 Oct

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition No. 5 and 6 imposed on planning permission 2015/0650/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/1105/CON
  5. 2015
    18 Jun

    Variation of condition no. 4 imposed on planning permission 2015/0187/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2015/0650/FUL
  6. 2015
    23 Feb

    Demolition of existing hide and erection of a new relocated hide and associated works.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2015/0187/FUL

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