Olive View Stopgate Lane Simonswood Liverpool Lancashire L33 4YB
Refused on 5 November 2025
Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
First floor extension at side and garage conversion.
- Received
- 3 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural South Ward
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Olive View Stopgate Lane Simonswood Liverpool Lancashire L33 4YB. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 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 210 applications in total for the L33 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
- The proposed development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt insofar as the first floor side extension, when considered alongside existing non-original extensions to the host building, would result in a significant increase in volume of the original dwelling. There are no very special circumstances to outweigh the harm caused by inappropriate development. The proposal is therefore contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy GN1 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012 - 2027.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- L33 4YB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Simonswood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Wayne Daly
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14298728
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: West Lancashire
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