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Woodlands Bungalow Plough Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JL

2025/1103/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed extensions and alterations to existing dwelling, re-utilising previously established volume to accommodate new extensions

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
Agent
Peter Dickinson Architects
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Woodlands Bungalow Plough Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 6JL. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural South 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).

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Application details

Postcode
L40 6JL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lathom South

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peter Dickinson Architects
Architect profile
PETER DICKINSON ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
169 Appley Lane North Appley Bridge WN6 9DX

Planning decision

Case officer
Wayne Daly

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14586570
Documents
14

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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