The Wharf Ring O Bells Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TE
Approved on 9 January 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
The installation of PV solar panels in the pitched roof of the outbuilding.
- Received
- 8 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated13 Oct
- Consult.Consultation6 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Jan
Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Wharf Ring O Bells Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5TE. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 10 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 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford 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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Application details
- Postcode
- L40 5TE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lathom
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 November 2025
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kerry Webster
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14313161
- Documents
- 15
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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Source: West Lancashire
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