Skip to content

Green Acres Black Moss Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RN

2025/0960/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Demolition of existing single storey side projection and erection of a two storey side extension, together with a single storey rear extension with first floor balcony above, and replacement of existing roof with altered pitch to incorporate rooflights and extended canopy over balcony. Erection of front porch.

Received
12 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural West Ward
Agent
Studio 256 Design
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Green Acres Black Moss Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 9RN. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 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 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
L40 9RN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
17 December 2025
Consultation start
24 November 2025
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Studio 256 Design
Architect profile
STUDIO 256 DESIGN LTD
Agent address
Unit 256 Slater Studios 5-9 Slater Street Liverpool L1 4BW

Planning decision

Case officer
Liam Murray

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14462023
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near L40

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for two-storey and first-floor extensions on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.