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Old Vicarage Southport Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8HQ

2026/0027/FULRefused

Refused on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSED

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The proposed development comprises a rear ground-floor extension, together with a first-floor extension above the existing structure. This also includes the demolition of a redundant barn and the construction of a new, fit-for-purpose three-bay garage with office accommodation above. In addition, alterations to the site entrance are proposed, including the installation of two new brick gate piers and automated entrance gates.

Received
14 January 2026
Ward
Rural West Ward
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 154 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Old Vicarage Southport Road Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancashire L40 8HQ. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 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 122 applications across Rural West Ward. We hold 1,221 applications in total for the L40 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
L40 8HQ
Parish
Scarisbrick

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Liam Murray

Additional information

Documents
27

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
    14 Jan

    The proposed development comprises a rear ground-floor extension, together with a first-floor extension above…

    This applicationRefusedApplication2026/0027/FUL
  2. 2026
    14 Jan

    The proposed development comprises a rear ground-floor extension, together with a first-floor extension above…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside2026/0028/LBC

Source: West Lancashire

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