Abbey Farm Caravan Park Abbey Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TX

2019/0056/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 6 March 2019

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Continued use of caravan site for holiday purposes with a year round open season for up to a maximum number of 177 caravans on the site at any one time.

Received: 22 January 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Lancashire Borough Council
Ward: Derby

ReceivedReceived22 Jan
ValidatedValidated22 Jan
Consult.Consultation20 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided6 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Abbey Farm Caravan Park Abbey Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TX. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 10 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 5TX
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Unparished - Ormskirk

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 January 2019
Consultation expiry: 22 February 2019
Consultation start: 30 January 2019
Consultation end: 20 February 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 30 January 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 22 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Springfield Gawtersyke Lane Kirkbymoorside YO62 6DR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07565487
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Listed building: Grade I: Remains of Burscough PrioryOn or next to this site
Green belt: West Lancashire
Scheduled monument: Burscough Augustinian PrioryPart of the site

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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

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2020
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Approval of Details Reserved by Condition no 8 of planning permission 2019/0056/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2020/0401/CON
2019
22 Jan
Continued use of caravan site for holiday purposes with a year round open season for up to a maximum number…
This applicationApprovedFull2019/0056/FUL

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Lancashire

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