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

2023/0482/LDCLawful Development Cert. (existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 8 September 2023

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness- Existing- use of land for extension of the approved caravan site (recreation/amenity space including play area)

Received
26 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ormskirk East Ward
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Abbey Farm Caravan Park Abbey Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TX. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Ormskirk East Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

69% of amendment 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
Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished - Ormskirk

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2023
Consultation expiry
15 July 2023
Consultation start
22 June 2023
Consultation end
13 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
22 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Springfield Gawtersyke Lane Kirkbymoorside YO62 6DR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12193096
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Aug

    Approval of details reserved by condition no 6 of planning permission 2024/0168/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditions2026/0691/CON
  2. 2025
    22 Dec

    Approval of details reserved by condition no 3 of planning permission 2025/0336/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2025/1094/CON
  3. 2025
    8 Apr

    Change of use of land for siting of gas tanks (retrospective) in connection with the existing caravan site

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2025/0348/FUL
  4. 2025
    3 Apr

    Retrospective extension to the approved caravan site to allow the continued siting of a static caravan as…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2025/0336/FUL
  5. 2024
    26 Feb

    Removal of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 of planning permission 2019/0056/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2024/0168/FUL
  6. 2020
    18 May

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition no 8 of planning permission 2019/0056/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2020/0401/CON

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