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Land Adj Norman Hayes Farm High Lane Ormskirk Lancashire

2026/0079/SCRScreening Opinion (EIA)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Development IS EIA developmentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Screening Opinion - full planning for up to 350 dwellings and associated infrastructure.

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ormskirk West Ward
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adj Norman Hayes Farm High Lane Ormskirk Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker 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 55 applications across Ormskirk West Ward.

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

Application type
Screening Opinion (EIA)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
350

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
23 February 2026
Consultation start
2 February 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

Source: West Lancashire

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