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44 Bridge Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4RJ

2025/0958/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 20 January 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Construction of a single storey rear extension and increase to the ridge height with front and rear dormer extensions (joint application with 42 Bridge Street).

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ormskirk East Ward
Agent
David Machell Architecture Ltd.
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 44 Bridge Street Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4RJ. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 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 71 applications across Ormskirk East Ward. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed rear extension and roof alterations, by virtue of their cumulative scale, massing, increase in ridge height, and the introduction of front and rear dormer extensions, would result in an overdevelopment of the host dwelling. The development would cause harm to the character and appearance of the dwelling, the semi-detached pair, and the wider street scene, contrary to Policy GN3 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
L39 4RJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished - Ormskirk

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2025
Consultation expiry
7 December 2025
Consultation start
14 November 2025
Consultation end
5 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
David Machell Architecture Ltd.
Architect profile
DAVID MACHELL ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
David Machell Architecture Ltd Hesketh Mount 96 Lord Street Southport PR8 1JR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14469113
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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