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248 Southport Road Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5LF

2023/1023/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 February 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed Ancillary Accommodation

Received
16 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural West Ward
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 248 Southport Road Scarisbrick Southport Lancashire PR8 5LF. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,096 applications in total for the PR8 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).

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Application details

Postcode
PR8 5LF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2023
Consultation expiry
23 December 2023
Consultation start
30 November 2023
Consultation end
21 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
30 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 December 2023

Additional information

Documents
6

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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    21 Nov

    Ancillary accommodation for the family of Mr and Mrs Bennett to be built in the grounds of The Barn, 248…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2017/1232/FUL
  2. 2014
    11 Nov

    Ancillary accommodation for the family of Mr & Mrs Bennett to be built in the grounds of The Barn, 248…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2014/1230/FUL
  3. 2011
    11 Nov

    Ancillary accommodation for elderly parents (Extension of time limit for implementation of planning…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2011/1224/FUL
  4. 2008
    21 Nov

    Ancillary accommodation for elderly parents (renewal of planning permission 2003/0593

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2008/1225/FUL
  5. 2003
    7 May

    Provision of ancillary accommodation for elderly parents (renewal of planning permission 8/98/0201).

    RefusedFull Planning Application2003/0593

Source: West Lancashire

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