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Bannister House Farm The Marshes Lane Mere Brow Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JR

2026/0130/PNPPrior Notification - AgricultureRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Notif Agriculture- Details REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Application for determination as to whether prior approval is required for details - agricultural storage building.

Received
19 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Bannister House Farm The Marshes Lane Mere Brow Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JR. West Lancashire has handled 316 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward. We hold 2,076 applications in total for the PR4 postcode area.

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

  1. The site is in mixed use and not solely agriculture. The building forms an extension to a livestock building and is within 400m of a protected building. Therefore, for the following reasons the proposal does not benefit from permitted development as it conflicts with Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and planning permission is required.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PR4 6JR
Application type
Prior Notification - Agriculture
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tarleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
P Wilson & Company
Agent address
Burlington House 10-11 Ribblesdale Place Preston PR1 3NA

Planning decision

Case officer
Kieran Payne

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14632958
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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