Almond Villa Southport Road Scarisbrick Lancashire L40 9RE

2023/0977/LDPLawful Development Cert. (proposed)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 January 2024

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (PROPOSED) PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Erection of Outbuilding for ancillary use to the enjoyment of the main dwellinghouse

Received: 1 November 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Lancashire Borough Council
Ward: Rural West Ward

ReceivedReceived1 Nov
ValidatedValidated1 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 Jan

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at Almond Villa Southport Road Scarisbrick Lancashire L40 9RE. West Lancashire has handled 316 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 have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

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

Postcode: L40 9RE
Application type: Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Acland Bracewell
Agent address: The Barrons 104 Church Road Tarleton Preston PR4 6UP

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12572283
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Lancashire

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