Land South Of Western End Of Newarth Lane Hesketh Bank Lancashire
Refused on 17 December 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. Change of use to two dwelling houses from agricultural building and for buiding works necessary to convert the building.
- Received
- 22 October 2025
- Decision level
- Prior Notification 56 days
- Ward
- North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward
- Agent
- Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived22 Oct
- ValidatedValidated22 Oct
- Consult.Consultation19 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Land South Of Western End Of Newarth Lane Hesketh Bank Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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.
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
- Prior approval under Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) is refused as the submission fails to demonstrate all of the proposed dwellings would be provided with adequate outdoor amenity space.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Application type
- Prior Notification - Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hesketh-with-Becconsall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 29 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
- Agent address
- 311 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston Preston PR4 6RJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Daniel Fitzpatrick
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14391198
- Documents
- 16
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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