Coal Pit Lane Farm Coal Pit Lane Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HH
Approved on 29 April 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Full planning application for a change of use of the property from a residential dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a Children's home (Class C2) for the care of up to three children.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rural South Ward
- Agent
- Leith Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation8 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Coal Pit Lane Farm Coal Pit Lane Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HH. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 507 applications in total for the L39 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
- L39 0HH
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bickerstaffe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 8 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 February 2026
- Committee meeting
- 23 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Leith Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Unit 4 Freckleton Street Kirkham PR4 2SH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Helen Young
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14623739
- Documents
- 26
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Source: West Lancashire
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