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Wood Farm 408 Southport Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RE

2025/0743/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 26 June 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Full Planning Application for the Erection of 2.no Self-Build Dwellinghouses, together with demolition of existing Dwelling and 7.no Outbuildings

Received
26 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural West Ward
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 301 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wood Farm 408 Southport Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RE. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 304 days, 35 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 122 applications across Rural West 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development conflicts with Policy EC2 and GN4 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 DPD in that the proposal fails to demonstrate that there is no continuing need for the rural employment site or that the site is no longer viable or suitable for its purpose.
  2. The proposed development is contrary to Policies GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2012-2027) and Chapter 12 of the NPPF, in that, by virtue of its design, layout and appearance, the development would result in incongruous additions causing a negative impact on the street scene and rural character of the area in general.
  3. The proposed development is contrary to Policies GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2012-2027) in that, by virtue of its layout and design the development would result in an unacceptable level of private outdoor amenity space resulting in harm on the residential amenities of any future occupants of the proposed dwellings with overlooking impacts from the Proposed Unit A dwelling into the demonstrated outdoor amenity space of Unit B.
  4. The proposed development would not be considered efficient use of land in terms of density and would not be in keeping with the density of development within the immediate vicinity. No demonstration of any special circumstances of which apply to this site have been submitted. The proposed development is contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy RS1 of the West Lancashire Local Plan (2012- 2027).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L40 9RE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Acland Bracewell
Agent address
The Barrons 104 Church Road Tarleton Preston PR4 6UP

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Turner

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14267565
Documents
34

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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© 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.

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Source: West Lancashire

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