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179 Liverpool Road South Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7RE

2021/0193/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 April 2021

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed garage conversion to provide bedroom accommodation for a disabled occupant.

Received
15 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough West
  1. Received15 Feb
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 179 Liverpool Road South Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7RE. 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. 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 7RE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2021
Consultation expiry
26 March 2021
Consultation start
3 March 2021
Consultation end
24 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
26 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 7 FYCreatives 154-158 Church Street Blackpool Lancashire FY1 3PS

Additional information

Documents
6

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 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 (21)

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, 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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