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Michael Pearce Limited 20 Springfield Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6ST

2025/0644/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 23 September 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from car showroom with a workshop and office to proposed use Spa with juice bar and corporate away day facility. Minor alterations to external appearance including replacement of existing metal cladding and replacement of rear roller shutters with glazing. Installation of vents and solar panels to the roof.

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
Agent
Group D Architects
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Michael Pearce Limited 20 Springfield Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6ST. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer 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 115 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 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
L39 6ST
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2025
Consultation expiry
2 September 2025
Consultation start
31 July 2025
Consultation end
21 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Group D Architects
Agent address
4 St Paul's Square Avenue HQ Liverpool L3 9SJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Young

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14193168
Documents
22

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    30 Jul

    Advertisement Consent - Illuminated sign above front entrance door. Illuminated signage column at front…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside2025/0666/ADV
  2. 2025
    23 Jul

    Change of use from car showroom with a workshop and office to proposed use Spa with juice bar and corporate…

    This applicationRefusedFull2025/0644/FUL

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