Land West Of Drummersdale Lane Drummersdale Lane Scarisbrick Lancashire
Refused on 5 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Notif Agriculture- Details REFUSEDPrior Notification 28 days1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Application for Determination as to whether Prior Approval is Required for Details, Erection of agricultural storage building
- Received
- 6 February 2026
- Decision level
- Prior Notification 28 days
- Ward
- Rural West Ward
- Agent
- Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Mar
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land West Of Drummersdale Lane Drummersdale Lane Scarisbrick Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 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 122 applications across Rural 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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Why it was refused
- A planning unit comprising of a mixed use of agriculture and some other primary use (equestrian) does not benefit from Schedule 2, Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Application type
- Prior Notification - Agriculture
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Scarisbrick
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 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
- Liam Murray
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14679839
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: West Lancashire
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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