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Site Of Former Yew Tree Farm Higgins Lane Burscough Lancashire

2021/0507/ARMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 24 March 2023

Council decision: Reserved Matters ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reserved matters approval for the creation of an equipped play area, a multi-use games area, a running/cycle track, the installation of fitness station equipment, along with the provision of associated landscaping.

Received
19 April 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Burscough West
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 701 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Site Of Former Yew Tree Farm Higgins Lane Burscough Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 704 days, 93 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.

76% of outline 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

Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2021
Consultation expiry
8 June 2021
Consultation start
18 May 2021
Consultation end
8 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
7 March 2023
Committee meeting
16 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ship Canal House 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 May

    Non Material Amendment to planning permission 2021/0507/ARM

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendment2026/0437/NMA
  2. 2021
    19 Apr

    Reserved matters approval for the creation of an equipped play area, a multi-use games area, a running/cycle…

    This applicationApprovedReserved matters2021/0507/ARM

Source: West Lancashire

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