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Agricultural Workers Caravans Rydings Lane Banks Lancashire PR9 8EB

2025/0766/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for the retention of 16 no. Caravans and ancillary washroom for the temporary housing of seasonal agricultural workers for a temporary period of 5 years.

Received
2 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Agricultural Workers Caravans Rydings Lane Banks Lancashire PR9 8EB. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 13 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 42 applications across North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward. We hold 1,055 applications in total for the PR9 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
PR9 8EB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Meols

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation start
4 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 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-14299297
Documents
11

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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