Skip to content

Swallow House Farm Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RF

2021/0352/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 June 2021

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from existing farm building to one bedroom holiday let.

Received
19 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough West
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Swallow House Farm Red Cat Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 0RF. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
L40 0RF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2021
Consultation expiry
8 June 2021
Consultation start
18 May 2021
Consultation end
8 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
6 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
29 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09575181
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near L40

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address