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The Market Cross 26 Church Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3AN

2025/0852/FULApproved

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from a 36m2 Commercial Unit, to an accessible Student Studio at 36m2. External facade updates to facilitate windows and doors, to match the adjacent/existing Student Studios.

Received
2 October 2025
Ward
Ormskirk West Ward
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 218 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Market Cross 26 Church Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 3AN. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Ormskirk West Ward. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
L39 3AN
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Young

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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