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Avondale Nurseries Spa Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JG

2024/1053/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedPlanning committee22 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed 400MWH Battery Energy Storage System and Associated Works.

Received
6 December 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Agent
Energy Planning
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 222 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Avondale Nurseries Spa Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JG. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 229 days, 25 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford 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 6JG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Lathom

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2024
Consultation expiry
20 March 2025
Consultation start
27 February 2025
Consultation end
20 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
17 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
14 January 2025
Committee meeting
24 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Energy Planning
Agent address
2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13592982
Documents
125

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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.

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Source: West Lancashire

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