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Silcock House Hall Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5UG

2026/0001/LDPLawful Development Cert. (proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawful (PROPOSED) Not PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Erection of Carriage House in Rear Garden

Received
2 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
Agent
MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 117 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Silcock House Hall Lane Lathom Ormskirk Lancashire L40 5UG. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 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
L40 5UG
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lathom

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd
Agent address
133 Mill Lane Newton - Le - Willows WA12 8BT

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14571147
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Post OfficeOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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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