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2 Lordsgate Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7ST

2024/0378/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 July 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish existing bungalow to build a two storey bungalow and change of use from commercial to domestic dwelling.

Received
30 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough Town Ward
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Lordsgate Lane Burscough Ormskirk Lancashire L40 7ST. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 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 33 applications across Burscough Town Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 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
L40 7ST
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2024
Consultation expiry
25 July 2024
Consultation start
18 July 2024
Consultation end
25 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
14 June 2024

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Bull And Dog Inn, 5 Liverpool Road South, BurscoughRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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
    13 Jul

    Approval of details reserved by conditions no's 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 of planning permission 2024/0378/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0597/CON
  2. 2024
    30 Apr

    Demolish existing bungalow to build a two storey bungalow and change of use from commercial to domestic…

    This applicationApprovedFull2024/0378/FUL

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