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W. Shepherd And Son 95 Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EL

2025/0936/PNDPrior Notification - DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 November 2025

Council decision: PND Details ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for the demolition of two-storey building fronting Burscough Street with single storey rear extension/warehouse area

Received
3 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ormskirk West Ward
Agent
Plan A (North West) Limited
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at W. Shepherd And Son 95 Burscough Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2EL. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

76% of outline 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
L39 2EL
Application type
Prior Notification - Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Consultation expiry
1 December 2025
Consultation start
10 November 2025
Consultation end
1 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Plan A (North West) Limited
Agent address
Suite 17 Weld Parade Business Ctr Weld Parade Birkdale Southport PR8 2DT

Planning decision

Case officer
Nicola Cook

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14458269
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

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© 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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