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Hazeldene Blythe Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TY

2025/0391/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 August 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Permission for development comprising demolition of existing stables and outbuildings followed by erection of single dwelling (designed and constructed as a self-build); together with associated external works and landscaping.

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Agent
The Planning Studio
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Hazeldene Blythe Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TY. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 5TY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lathom

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Consultation expiry
23 May 2025
Consultation start
30 April 2025
Consultation end
21 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Planning Studio
Agent address
Rodney Chambers 40 Rodney Street Liverpool L1 9AA

Planning decision

Case officer
Kerry Webster

Appeal history

6004551
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 June 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13947952
Documents
41

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

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.

Source: West Lancashire

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