Land North Of Electricity Substation Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Lancashire WN6 9SB
Refused on 22 March 2024
Council decision: Permission in Principle RefusedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Application for Permission in Principle - Erection of a maximum of two dwellings
- Received
- 2 November 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Rural North East Ward
- ReceivedReceived2 Nov
- ValidatedValidated24 Nov
- Consult.Consultation21 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided22 Mar
Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land North Of Electricity Substation Mossy Lea Road Wrightington Lancashire WN6 9SB. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Rural North East Ward. We hold 511 applications in total for the WN6 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
- WN6 9SB
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wrightington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 6 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 30 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 21 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 April 2024
- Committee meeting
- 21 March 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Tea Factory Studio 204B 82 Wood Street Liverpool L1 4DQ
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 2024/0017/01
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Allowed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: West LancashireNext to the site
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20136 Feb
Change of use of land from agricultural to form part of residential curtilage of 10 Broadhurst Lane.
ApprovedChange of Use2013/0118/COU - 200410 Feb
Outline - Three detached dwellings (including details of siting and means of access)
RefusedOutline Planning Application2004/0195 - 20025 Nov
Outline - Three detached dwelling houses (including details of siting and means of access point).
WithdrawnOutline Planning Application2002/1246
Source: West Lancashire
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Contractors near this project
Find contractors for new builds near this site- Dennis Goulding LimitedWindow & Door Installer0.5 mi
- Socius-IT LtdElectrician1.4 mi
- Swift Electrical SystemsElectrician1.5 mi
- PB Joinery & WindowsWindow & Door Installer1.6 mi
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