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Hobbs Cross Blythe Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5UA

2018/0448/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 July 2018

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and minor extension to garage to form gym room/shower and store.

Received
25 April 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newburgh
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Hobbs Cross Blythe Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5UA. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 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 5UA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lathom

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2018
Consultation expiry
20 June 2018
Consultation start
30 May 2018
Consultation end
20 June 2018
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2018
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
169 Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EP

Additional information

Documents
7

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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