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8 Lordsgate Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7ST

2020/0279/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 12 June 2020

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Loft conversion including construction of new front and rear dormers and gable wall. Demolition of existing rear extension and construction of new single storey rear extension.

Received
25 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough West
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 8 Lordsgate Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7ST. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 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 7ST
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2020
Consultation expiry
13 May 2020
Neighbour consultation start
20 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
13 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Plans2Build
Agent address
21 Bescar lane Scarisbrick Nr ormskirk L409QN

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08613917
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Bull And Dog Inn, 5 Liverpool Road South, BurscoughRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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