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Mossfield Sugar Stubbs Lane Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8DD

2025/0975/PNCPrior Notification - Change of UseAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval details is required - Class Q, - Conversion of agricultural storage building at Mossfield Farm, Sugar Stubbs Lane, Banks to 4 no. dwellings.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Prior Notification 56 days
Ward
North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Mossfield Sugar Stubbs Lane Banks Southport Lancashire PR9 8DD. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. 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. We hold 1,056 applications in total for the PR9 postcode area.

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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Application details

Postcode
PR9 8DD
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Meols

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
Agent address
311 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston PR4 6RJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Fitzpatrick

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14484447
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: West Lancashire

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

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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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