Black Moss Farm Black Moss Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RN
Refused on 17 November 2025
Council decision: PNC Details RefusedPrior Notification 56 days1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Class Q, Agricultural buildings to dwelling houses.
- Received
- 17 September 2025
- Decision level
- Prior Notification 56 days
- Ward
- Rural West Ward
- Agent
- Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived17 Sep
- ValidatedValidated22 Sep
- Consult.Consultation17 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Black Moss Farm Black Moss Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RN. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days 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 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.
69% of amendment 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 proposal would not comply with Class Q.2 (b) and (e) in that the application fails to demonstrate that adequate and appropriate residential amenity space can be provided for future occupants of the dwelling. Furthermore, the submission fails to demonstrate that, having regard to the to the noise impacts of the surrounding land uses, a good standard of amenity for future occupants can be provided.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- L40 9RN
- Application type
- Prior Notification - Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Scarisbrick
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
- Agent address
- 311 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston PR4 6RJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Daniel Fitzpatrick
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14291256
- Documents
- 19
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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