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Land East Of Lyndale Road Burscough

2025/0749/FULFull Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Full planning permission for the change of use of former agricultural land to open space, and the construction of a footpath / cycleway connecting the site to Liverpool Road South, together with associated landscaping, drainage and other works (part retrospective).

Received
28 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough Town Ward
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 24 December.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land East Of Lyndale Road Burscough. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Burscough Town Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burscough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2025
Consultation expiry
24 December 2025
Consultation start
3 December 2025
Consultation end
24 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields 98 King Street Ship Canal House Manchester M2 4WU United Kingdom

Appeal history

3375018
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 December 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14045186
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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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