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Balls Farm Marsh Road Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8DY

2024/0759/PNCPrior Notification - Change of UseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 1 November 2024

Council decision: PNC Prior Approval NOT requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Change of use to dwellinghouse from agricultural barn (and for building works necessary to convert the building).

Received
9 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Balls Farm Marsh Road Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8DY. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward. We hold 1,055 applications in total for the PR9 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
PR9 8DY
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Meols

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2024
Consultation expiry
3 October 2024
Consultation start
12 September 2024
Consultation end
3 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
Agent address
311 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston Preston PR4 6RJ

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13383946
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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
    27 Mar

    Approval of details reserved by condition no's 3 & 4 of planning permission 2024/0759/PNC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0253/CON
  2. 2024
    9 Sep

    Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Change of use to…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2024/0759/PNC

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