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Moss Side Farm Moss Side Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6LD

2026/0176/PNPPrior Notification - AgricultureRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Notif Agriculture- Details REFUSEDPrior Notification 28 days1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
6 March 2026
Decision level
Prior Notification 28 days
Ward
Tarleton Village Ward
Agent
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Moss Side Farm Moss Side Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6LD. 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 have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Tarleton Village 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 proposal is NOT considered to be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and as the submitted information is NOT considered to be acceptable, prior approval IS required.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 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-14750450
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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