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Long Shoot Farm Gorse Lane Tarleton Lancashire PR4 6LJ

2025/0636/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 14 January 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Application for the retention of 19 no. caravans for the temporary housing of seasonal agricultural workers for a temporary period of 5 years.

Received
22 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tarleton Village Ward
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Long Shoot Farm Gorse Lane Tarleton Lancashire PR4 6LJ. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 17 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 86 applications across Tarleton Village Ward. We hold 2,076 applications in total for the PR4 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would have an adverse impact on the openness of the Green Belt. The development would be contrary to Policy GN1 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2012-2027), the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Supplementary Planning Document 'Development in the Green Belt' (Oct 2015). No very special circumstances have been identified which would outweigh the harm caused.
  2. The proposed development is located on grade 1 agricultural land and would result in the unjustified loss of such land. On that basis the proposal is contrary to Policy EC2 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2012-2027) and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. The proposed development is located within a site at risk of surface water flooding now and in the future. A Flood Risk Assessment has not been submitted and the submission fails to demonstrate that the development on this site would be safe for its lifetime. On that basis the proposal is contrary to Policy GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2012-2027) and to Paragraph 170 of the National Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PR4 6LJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tarleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2025
Consultation expiry
2 September 2025
Consultation start
12 August 2025
Consultation end
2 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Turner

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14170150
Documents
14

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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