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177 Smithy Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8HJ

2026/0014/LDCLawful Development Cert. (existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Cert of Lawfulness (EXISTING) GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness - Use of dwelling without compliance with the agricultural occupancy condition (no.6) imposed on planning permission 8/6/9978

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural West Ward
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 177 Smithy Lane Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8HJ. West Lancashire has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
L40 8HJ
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Fitzpatrick

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14603610
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    18 Mar

    Removal of condition 6 regarding agricultural occupancy of planning permission 8/6/9978, due to…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2026/0209/FUL
  2. 2026
    8 Jan

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Use of dwelling without compliance with the agricultural occupancy condition…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment2026/0014/LDC

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